Famine Foods Plants that are not normally considered as crops are consumed in times of famine

Cakile edentula

Synonym(s):

Cakile maritima

Uses

Canada: root pounded and mixed with flour by Native people in time of scarcity.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: (Bigel.) Hook.

Plant Classification Group:

Brassicaceae or Cruciferae

Plant Locations:

North America
- Canada

Plant References:

KALM
STURTEVANT
YANOVSKY

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