Yuma panic grass

Panicum hirticaule

grain

Among the Cocopa and Yuma: seeds roasted, winnowed and ground into flour, for bread or sauce, kept for winter.

Origin

Lower Colorado Valley (Arizona, Baja California)

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

The flour is cooked into flatbread or porridge; it is eaten cooked.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Arabinoxylans · Magnesium · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

The Cocopa sowed it in the silt left by the Colorado's floods.