Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata Miner's Lettuce USDA CLPEP |
Cahuilla Food, Vegetable Leaves eaten fresh or boiled as greens. Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 89 |
Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata Miner's Lettuce USDA CLPEP |
Diegueno Food, Vegetable Young leaves, picked in the spring before the flowers appear, boiled once and eaten as greens. Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 17 |
Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata Miner's Lettuce USDA CLPEP |
Luiseno Food, Vegetable Plant used for greens or eaten raw. Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 232 |
Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata Miner's Lettuce USDA CLPEP |
Mahuna Drug, Dietary Aid Plant juice used as an appetite restorer. Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 62 |
Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata Miner's Lettuce USDA CLPEP |
Miwok Food, Unspecified Raw stems, leaves and blossoms 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 160 |
Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata Miner's Lettuce USDA CLPEP |
Montana Indian Food, Sauce & Relish Eaten raw as a relish. Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 16 |
Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata Miner's Lettuce USDA CLPEP |
Paiute, Northern Food, Vegetable Leaves eaten raw. Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 49 |