Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie 2/e

Kelly Kindscher is professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Kansas and a senior scientist at the Kansas Biological Survey. He is the author of Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie: An Ethnobotanical Guide and Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie: An Ethnobotanical Guide and coauthor of The Nature of Kansas Lands.

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Major Wild Edible Plants of the Prairi Allium canadense, Wild Onion Amaranthus blitoides, Prostrate Amaranth Ambrosia trifida, Giant Ragweed Amelanchier alnifolia, Serviceberry Amorpha canescens, Leadplant Amphicarpaea bracteata, Ground Bean Apios americana, Hopniss or Groundnut Asclepias syriaca, Common Milkweed Astragalus crassicarpus, Groundplum Milkvetch Atriplex argentea, Saltbush Callirhoe involucrata, Purple Poppy Mallow Camassia scilloides, Wild Hyacinth Ceanothus americanus, New Jersey Tea or Red Root Chenopodium berlandieri, Lamb's Quarters Cirsium undulatum, Wavy-Leafed Thistle Cleome serrulata, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant Corylus americana, Hazelnut Coryphantha vivipara, Pincushion Cactus Cucurbita foetidissima, Buffalo Gourd Dalea candida, White Prairie Clover Erythronium mesochoreum, Midland Fawn Lily Fragaria virginiana, Wild Strawberry Glycyrrhiza lepidota, Wild Licorice Helianthus annuus, Sunflower Helianthus tuberosus, Tuberous Sunflower or Jerusalem Artichoke Ipomoea leptophylla, Bush Morning Glory Iva annua, Marsh Elder Liatris punctata, Gayfeather Lomatium foeniculaceum, Prairie Parsley Monarda fistulosa, Beebalm Opuntia macrorhiza, Prickly Pear Oxalis violacea, Violet Wood Sorrel Pediomelum esculentum, Tipsin or Prairie Turnip Physalis longifolia, Wild Tomatillo or Ground Cherry Proboscidea louisianica, Devil's Claw Prunus americana, Wild Plum Prunus virginiana, Chokecherry Rhus glabra, Smooth Sumac Ribes aureum, Golden Currant Rosa arkansana, Wild Rose Rubus flagellaris, Dewberry Shepherdia argentea, Buffalo Berry Stanleya pinnata, Prince's Plume Tradescantia occidentalis, Spiderwor Viola pedatifida, Prairie Violet Yucca glauca, Yucca or Small Soapweed Other Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie Abronia fragrans, Snowball Sand Verbena Agastache foeniculum, Lavender Hyssop Androstephium caeruleum, Blue Funnel Lily Antennaria parviflora, Pussytoes Argentina anserina, Silverweed Cinquefoil Artemisia carruthii, Wild Sage Calochortus gunnisonii, Sego Lily Chamaesaracha coronopus, Greenleaf Five Eyes Claytonia virginica, Spring Beauty Comandra umbellata, Bastard Toadflax Coreopsis tinctoria, Plains Coreopsis Cymopterus acaulis, Stemless Indian Parsley Descurainia pinnata, Tansy Mustard Dysoddia papposa, Fetid Marigold Elaeagnus commutata, Silverberry Ericameria nauseosa, Rabbitbrush or Chimasa Eriogonum alatum, Winged Buckwheat Hedeoma drummondii, Drummond's False Pennyroyal Heliotropium convolvulaceum, Bindweed Heliotrope Hoffmannseggia glauca, Indian Rushpea Hymenopappus filifolius, Fineleaf Hymenopappus Juniperus virginiana, Red Cedar Lactuca ludoviciana, Prairie Wild Lettuce Lathyrus polymorphus, Many-Stemmed Pea Lepidium virginicum, Virginia Pepperweed Lespedeza capitata, Roundhead Lespedeza Lilium philadelphicum, Wood Lily or Prairie Lily Linum lewisii, Wild Blue Flax Maianthemum stellatum, Starry False Lily of the Valley Matelea biflora, Star Milkvine Mentzelia albicaulis, White-Stem Blazing Star Mirabilis linearis, Narrow-Leaved Four O'clock Monolepis nuttalliana, Nuttall's Poverty Weed Nothoscordum bivalve, False Garlic Oenothera biennis, Common Evening Primrose Orobanche ludoviciana, Cancer Root Pectis angustifolia, Lemonscent or Limoncillo Plantago patagonica, Woolly Plantain Polanisia dodecandra, Clammy Weed Polygonum erectum, Knotweed Portulaca oleracea, Purslane Pycnanthemum virginianum, Slender Mountain Mint Quincula lobata, Chinese Lantern Ratibida columnifera, Prairie Coneflower Rumex venosus, Winged Dock Silphium perfoliatum, Cup Plant Solanum triflorum, Cutleaf Nightshade Solidago missouriensis, Goldenrod Sophora nutalliana, Silky Sophora Sphaeralcea coccinea, Scarlet Globe Mallow Strophostyles helvola, Trailing Wild Bean Symphoricarpos occidentalis, Wolfberry or Western Snowberry Thelesperma megapotamicum, Greenthread or Cota Vicia americana, American Vetch Xanthium strumarium, Cocklebur The Grasses (Poaceae) Achnatherum hymenoides, Indian Ricegrass Bouteloua gracilis, Blue Grama Distichlis spicata, Inland Saltgrass Echinochloa muricata, Barnyard Grass Elymus canadensis, Canada Wild Rye Eragrostis pectinacea, Lovegrass Hordeum pusillum, Little Barley Koeleria pyramidata, Junegrass Muhlenbergia asperifolia, Muhly Panicum capillare, Panic Grass Phalaris caroliniana, Maygrass or Carolina Canary Grass Poa fendleriana, Bluegrass Setaria leucopila, Foxtail Sporobolus airoides, Alkali Sacaton Tripsacum dactyloides, Eastern Gama Grass Vulpia octoflora, Six Weeks Fescue Appendix: Table of Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie Literature Cited Index

"Kindscher's Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie was already an ethnobotanical classic; this fantastic new edition, with excellent color photos and expanded text, is indispensable for the edible plant enthusiast." - Samuel Thayer is the author of Sam Thayer's Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: of Eastern and Central North America and The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants"A casual visitor to a prairie in summer might think, 'There's nothin' to eat here.' Would he be right? Not at all! According to award-winning ethnobotanist Kelly Kindscher, the prairie hosts over a hundred edible species. His new book, a revised version of his popular Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie, features striking color photos, useful descriptions, distribution maps, detailed uses, and both English and Indigenous names for 117 species. An excellent work and a go-to source for prairie lovers!" - C. Thomas Shay, author of Under Prairie Skies: The Plants and Native Peoples of the Northern Plains