| Cyperus erythrorhizos Muhl. Redroot Flatsedge USDA CYER2 |
Kamia Food, Porridge Pulverized seeds cooked as mush. Gifford, E. W., 1931, The Kamia of Imperial Valley, Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office, page 24 |
| Cyperus esculentus L. Chufa Flatsedge USDA CYESL |
Costanoan Food, Unspecified Tubers eaten. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 255 |
| Cyperus esculentus L. Chufa Flatsedge USDA CYESL |
Paiute, Northern Food, Dried Food Roots dried, ground and mixed with other foods. 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 44 |
| Cyperus esculentus L. Chufa Flatsedge USDA CYESL |
Paiute, Northern Food, Unspecified Roots 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 44 |
| Cyperus esculentus L. Chufa Flatsedge USDA CYESL |
Pomo, Kashaya Food, Vegetable Tubers on the rootstock eaten raw, baked or boiled like potatoes. Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 78 |
| Cyperus fendlerianus Boeckl. Fendler's Flatsedge USDA CYFE2 |
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Fodder Flowers salted and fed to horses. Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 47 |
| Cyperus fendlerianus Boeckl. Fendler's Flatsedge USDA CYFE2 |
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Fodder Seeds salted and fed to horses. Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 47 |
| Cyperus fendlerianus Boeckl. Fendler's Flatsedge USDA CYFE2 |
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Unspecified Tubers eaten raw or peeled and cooked. Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 47 |
| Cyperus odoratus L. Fragrant Flatsedge USDA CYOD |
Cocopa Food, Unspecified Seeds used for food. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 192 |
| Cyperus odoratus L. Fragrant Flatsedge USDA CYOD |
Mohave Food, Unspecified Seeds used for food. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 192 |
| Cyperus odoratus L. Fragrant Flatsedge USDA CYOD |
Pima Food, Unspecified Tubers eaten. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 99 |
| Cyperus rotundus L. Nutgrass USDA CYRO |
Paiute Food, Porridge Tubers made into meal and cooked as cereal. Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 16 |
| Cyperus rotundus L. Nutgrass USDA CYRO |
Paiute Food, Unspecified Raw tubers used for food. Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 16 |
| Cyperus schweinitzii Torr. Schweinitz's Flatsedge USDA CYSC3 |
Kiowa Food, Fodder Considered an excellent fodder for fattening horses. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 17 |
| Cyperus sp. Kaa |
Pima, Gila River Food, Snack Food Tubers eaten as snack food primarily by children. Rea, Amadeo M., 1991, Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction, Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10, page 5 |
| Cyperus sp. Kaa |
Pima, Gila River Food, Unspecified Roots boiled and eaten. Rea, Amadeo M., 1991, Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction, Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10, page 7 |
| Cyperus squarrosus L. Bearded Flatsedge USDA CYSQ |
Acoma Food, Unspecified Small, tuberous roots eaten as food. Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 25 |
| Cyperus squarrosus L. Bearded Flatsedge USDA CYSQ |
Keres, Western Food, Vegetable Tubers eaten. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 41 |
| Cyperus squarrosus L. Bearded Flatsedge USDA CYSQ |
Laguna Food, Unspecified Small, tuberous roots eaten as food. Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 25 |