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Atriplex elegans (Moq.) D. Dietr.
Wheelscale Saltbush
USDA ATELE 		Pima Food, Cooking Agent
Boiled with dried cane cactus to counteract its acidic flavor.
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 36
Atriplex elegans (Moq.) D. Dietr.
Wheelscale Saltbush
USDA ATELE 		Pima Food, Spice
Plants boiled with other foods for their salty flavor.
Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 69
Atriplex elegans (Moq.) D. Dietr.
Wheelscale Saltbush
USDA ATELE 		Pima Food, Unspecified
Plants roasted in pits with cactus fruits and eaten.
Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 69
Atriplex elegans (Moq.) D. Dietr.
Wheelscale Saltbush
USDA ATELE 		Pima, Gila River Food, Unspecified
Leaves boiled and eaten.
Rea, Amadeo M., 1991, Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction, Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10, page 7