| Salvia carduacea Benth. Thistle Sage USDA SACA8 |
Cahuilla Food, Porridge Parched seeds ground into flour, mixed with other seeds and used to make mush. 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 136 |
| Salvia carduacea Benth. Thistle Sage USDA SACA8 |
Diegueno Food, Spice Seeds added to wheat to improve the flavor. Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 41 |
| Salvia carduacea Benth. Thistle Sage USDA SACA8 |
Luiseno Food, Unspecified Seeds used for food. Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 229 |
| Salvia carduacea Benth. Thistle Sage USDA SACA8 |
Tubatulabal Food, Unspecified Seeds used extensively for food. Voegelin, Ermine W., 1938, Tubatulabal Ethnography, Anthropological Records 2(1):1-84, page 15 |