Torreyochloa pauciflora

(J. Presl.) Church

Weak mannagrass

PoaceaeSeeds/Nuts

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Seeds

The seeds are edible.

It is a temperate plant. It grows below 3,500 m above sea level in wet areas in California.

America, 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

Weak mannagrass is a temperate grass in the family Poaceae found in wet areas of California, growing below 3,500 m elevation.

Names & Synonyms

Glyceria microtheca Buckleyand several others

References (1)

Anderson, M. K., 2012, Edible Seeds and Grains of California Tribes and the Klamath Tribe of Oregon in the Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology Collections, University of California, Berkeley. USDA p 77 (As Torreyochloa pallida var. pauciflora)