Lomatium minus

(Rose ex Howell) Mathias & Constance

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Root, Tuber

The tubers are boiled for consumption.

It is a temperate plant.

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

A temperate herb in the carrot family (Apiaceae) with edible tubers.

Names & Synonyms

Nak'unk

Leptotaenia minor Rose ex Howell

References (1)

Hunn, E. S., & French, D. H., 1981, Lomatium: A Key Resource for Columbia Plateau Native Subsistence. Northwest Science Vol. 55 No. 2.