Claytonia perfoliata Donn ex Willd.
Common names: Miner's Lettuce
Species details (USDA):
USDA CLPEP
Documented uses
9 uses documented
Costanoan
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Bocek, Barbara R.,
1984,
Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington,
Economic Botany 38(2):240-255,
pages 251)
Kawaiisu
Food, Vegetable
detail...
(Zigmond, Maurice L.,
1981,
Kawaiisu Ethnobotany,
Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press,
pages 21)
Mendocino Indian
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Chestnut, V. K.,
1902,
Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California,
Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408.,
pages 346)
Mendocino Indian
Food, Vegetable
detail...
(Chestnut, V. K.,
1902,
Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California,
Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408.,
pages 346)
Neeshenam
Food, Vegetable
detail...
(Powers, Stephen,
1874,
Aboriginal Botany,
Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 5:373-9.,
pages 377)
Shoshoni
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer,
1941,
Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada,
Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture,
pages 59)
Shoshoni
Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
detail...
(Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer,
1941,
Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada,
Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture,
pages 59)
Thompson
Drug, Eye Medicine
detail...
(Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al.,
1990,
Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia,
Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum,
pages 241)
Yurok
Other, Toys & Games
detail...
(Baker, Marc A.,
1981,
The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California,
Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis,
pages 25)