Liliaceae Brodiaea elegans Hoover

Elegant Clusterlily

Yurok - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 21

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Scientific name: Brodiaea elegans Hoover
USDA symbol: BRELE (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Elegant Clusterlily
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Yurok
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Bulbs baked in sand with a fire built over them.

RECRD: 5823 id: 7571

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