Asteraceae Brickellia grandiflora (Hook.) Nutt.

Tasselflower Brickellbush

Gosiute - Food, Cooking Agent

Use documented by:
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 364

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Scientific name: Brickellia grandiflora (Hook.) Nutt.
USDA symbol: BRGR (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Tasselflower Brickellbush
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Gosiute
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Cooking Agent
Notes: Seeds and other seeds made into a meal and used as 'baking powder' to improve the cakes.

RECRD: 4581 id: 7551

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