Xanthisma grindelioides

(Nutt.) D. R. Morgan & R. L. Hartm.

Nuttall goldenweed, Tahoka daisy

AsteraceaeRootsSpice/Beverage
Xanthisma grindelioides
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What to Eat

Edible parts: Roots - tea

The roots are used to make tea.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant.

Alaska, Mexico, North America, USA,

Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent

How to Identify

A temperate herbaceous plant in the daisy family.

Names & Synonyms
Aster nuttalii (Torr. & A. Gray) Kuntze [Illegitimate]Eriocarpum grindeliodies Nutt.Haplopappus nuttallii Torr. & A. GrayMachaeranthera grindelioides (Nutt.) Shinnersand others
References (1)
  • Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 506 (As Machaeranthera grindelioides var. grindeliodies)

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