Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd.
= V. dissitifolia
American vetch, American deervetch, purple vetch
Little Lake: shä-wä-kä’ (Chesnut 1902)
Yuki: pod’-jez-pâl-mök’ (referring to the use of stout roots for tying) (Chesnut 1902)
Location in Texas: sparse in W & N TX.
Form: herbaceous vine; perennial.
Food
Leaves & stems – often eaten by Indians in northern California for greens, after being cooked either by baking or boiling (Chesnut 1902).
Material
Roots – strong and used for tying (Chesnut 1902)
Notes – a small bunch of roots were kept in the pocket for good luck while gambling (Chesnut 1902).
Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. in GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-05-21.
Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. observed in United States of America by Rebecca Johnson (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. observed in United States of America by Michael Warner (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. observed in United States of America by Daniel Das (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
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