atriplex powellii

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

Atriplex powellii
Scientific classificationedit
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Amaranthaceae
Genus:Atriplex
Species:
A. powellii
Binomial name
Atriplex powellii
S. Watson[1]

UsesEdit

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.[2][3]

Note

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 Metasyntactic variable, which is released under the 
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