Barona Cultural Center & Museum

California Buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae
 

Genus/Species: Eriogonum fasciculatum
 

'Iipay Aa Name: n/a
 

Common English Name: California Buckwheat

Traditional Use: 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
 

Collector: Konrad Rust
 

Date Collected: March 7, 2019
 

Mounted: April 4 & 11, 2019