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Title: California Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus/Species: Eriogonum fasciculatum
Traditional Uses:
Flowers and roots boiled into a tea for stomach trouble; decoction to babies for diarrhea; eyewash and mouthwash; tops can be eaten as food.
Collected on the Barona Indian Reservation, San Diego County, April 14, 2016
Collector: Grettchen Gutierrez—Silva

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