Eremalche exilis (Gray) Greene White Mallow USDA EREX3 |
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 |
Eremalche exilis (Gray) Greene White Mallow USDA EREX3 |
Pima, Gila River Food, Vegetable Leaves boiled or boiled, strained, refried and eaten as greens. Star mallow, wild heliotrope, fiddlenecks and wild sorrel were dropped entirely from the Pima diet. The author suspects they were spring starvation season foods. Rea, Amadeo M., 1991, Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction, Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10, page 5 |