Chenopodiaceae Chenopodium incanum (S. Wats.) Heller

Mealy Goosefoot

Apache, White Mountain - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 156

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Scientific name: Chenopodium incanum (S. Wats.) Heller
USDA symbol: CHINI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Mealy Goosefoot
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Family (APG): Amaranthaceae
Native American Tribe: Apache, White Mountain
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Young sprouts boiled with meat and eaten.

RECRD: 60217 id: 9510