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Lepidium nitidum Nutt.
Shining Pepperweed
USDA LENIN
Cahuilla Drug, Dermatological Aid
Decoction of leaves used to wash hair, kept the scalp clean and prevented baldness.
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 85
Lepidium nitidum Nutt.
Shining Pepperweed
USDA LENIN
Diegueno Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Tablespoon of seeds in water used, followed the next day by a physic, for indigestion.
Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 23
Lepidium nitidum Nutt.
Shining Pepperweed
USDA LENIN
Diegueno Food, Vegetable
Plant tops and flowers boiled and eaten as greens.
Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 23
Lepidium nitidum Nutt.
Shining Pepperweed
USDA LENIN
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 232
Lepidium nitidum Nutt.
Shining Pepperweed
USDA LENIN
Luiseno Food, Vegetable
Leaves used for greens.
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