Chenopodiaceae Atriplex argentea Nutt.

Silverscale Saltbush

Isleta - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 18

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Scientific name: Atriplex argentea Nutt.
USDA symbol: ATARA2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Silverscale Saltbush
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Family (APG): Amaranthaceae
Native American Tribe: Isleta
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Young leaves boiled and eaten as greens.

RECRD: 40998 id: 6597

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