Liliaceae Calochortus nuttallii Torr. & Gray

Sego Lily

Gosiute - Food, Unspecified

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: Calochortus nuttallii Torr. & Gray
USDA symbol: CANU3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Sego Lily
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Gosiute
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Bulbs formerly used for food.

RECRD: 4583 id: 7751

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