Edible Sierra Nevada Plants
Dicotyledon Genera Descriptions

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Apiaceae/Umbelliferae - Carrot Family


Gray's Cymopterus

Cymopterus cinerarius

Young stems and leaves are edible raw or cooked. Roots of a related species are edible raw as sweets in the spring, still edible but not as sweet later.

Cymopterus cinerarius
CalFlora Record




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