Chenopodiaceae Chenopodium leptophyllum (Moq.) Nutt. ex S. Wats.
Narrowleaf Goosefoot
Zuni - Food, Unspecified
Use documented by:
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 66
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Chenopodium leptophyllum (Moq.) Nutt. ex S. Wats.
Scientific name: Chenopodium leptophyllum (Moq.) Nutt. ex S. Wats.
USDA symbol: CHLE4 (
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Common names: Narrowleaf Goosefoot
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Family (APG): Amaranthaceae
Native American Tribe: Zuni
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Young plants boiled alone or with meat and used for food.
RECRD: 32851 id: 9527