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Atriplex powellii

Atriplex powellii, or Powell's saltweed, is a plant found in the United States and Canada.

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Atriplex powellii
Atriplex powellii flowering near Malheur, Oregon
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Atriplex
Species:
A. powellii
Binomial name
Atriplex powellii

Atriplex powellii, or Powell's saltweed, is a plant found in the United States and Canada.

Uses

Among the Zuni people, the seeds were eaten raw before the presence of corn and afterwards. They are also ground with corn meal and made into a mush.23

References

References

  1. "Plants Profile for Atriplex powellii (Powell's saltweed)".
  2. tevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p.66)
  3. 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 (p. 22)