Chenopodiaceae Chenopodium leptophyllum (Moq.) Nutt. ex S. Wats.

Narrowleaf Goosefoot

Spanish American - 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 16

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Scientific name: Chenopodium leptophyllum (Moq.) Nutt. ex S. Wats.
USDA symbol: CHLE4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Narrowleaf Goosefoot
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Family (APG): Amaranthaceae
Native American Tribe: Spanish American
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Young plants cooked as greens.

RECRD: 41003 id: 9524