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Mustard

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Hedge Mustard (Pamito)
Dry Creek
March 23, 2009

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Hedge Mustard (Pamito)
Dry Creek
March 23, 2009

Native uses: seeds knocked into baskets and stirred in a pan over an open fire and then ground into a mush or stirred into a soup. Crushed seeds used as poultices or made into a tea. Young leaves boiled and eaten.

Posted by John Dofflemyer on March 23, 2009 8:03 PM |

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