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

Atriplex powellii
Atriplex powellii flowering near Malheur, Oregon

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Atriplex
Species:
A. powellii
Binomial name
Atriplex powellii

Uses

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "Plants Profile for Atriplex powellii (Powell's saltweed)".
  2. ^ tevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p.66)
  3. ^ Castetter, Edward F. 1935 Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food. University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44 (p. 22)