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

View all documented uses for Chenopodium leptophyllum (Moq.) Nutt. ex S. Wats.

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: Zuni
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Young plants boiled alone or with meat and used for food.

RECRD: 32851 id: 9527