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Brodiaea coronaria (Salisb.) Engl.
Harvest Clusterlily
USDA BRCOC
Atsugewi Food, Unspecified
Roots boiled in water or cooked in earth oven and used for food.
Garth, Thomas R., 1953, Atsugewi Ethnography, Anthropological Records 14(2):140-141, page 138
Brodiaea coronaria (Salisb.) Engl.
Harvest Clusterlily
USDA BRCOC
Mendocino Indian Food, Forage
Corms eaten by sheep.
Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 326
Brodiaea coronaria (Salisb.) Engl.
Harvest Clusterlily
USDA BRCOC
Mendocino Indian Food, Unspecified
Corms roasted and used for food.
Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 326
Brodiaea coronaria (Salisb.) Engl.
Harvest Clusterlily
USDA BRCOC
Miwok Food, Unspecified
Bulbs steamed in earth oven and eaten without salt.
Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 156
Brodiaea coronaria (Salisb.) Engl.
Harvest Clusterlily
USDA BRCOC
Pomo Food, Unspecified
Corms roasted and eaten.
Barrett, S. A., 1952, Material Aspects of Pomo Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 20, page 89
Brodiaea coronaria (Salisb.) Engl.
Harvest Clusterlily
USDA BRCOC
Pomo, Kashaya Food, Vegetable
Baked or boiled corms eaten like baked or boiled potatoes.
Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 27
Brodiaea elegans Hoover
Elegant Clusterlily
USDA BRELE
Yurok Food, Vegetable
Bulbs baked in sand with a fire built over them.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 21
Brodiaea minor (Benth.) S. Wats.
Vernalpool Clusterlily
USDA BRMI3
Yana Food, Unspecified
Roots steamed and eaten.
Sapir, Edward and Leslie Spier, 1943, Notes on the Culture of the Yana, Anthropological Records 3(3):252-253, page 251
Brodiaea sp.

Costanoan Food, Unspecified
Parched or roasted bulbs used for food.
Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 255
Brodiaea sp.

Mahuna Drug, Dermatological Aid
Plant used as a shampoo for the hair.
Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 40
Brodiaea sp.

Miwok Food, Unspecified
Bulbs used for food.
Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 156
Brodiaea sp.

Miwok Food, Unspecified
Cooked bulbs used for food.
Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 156