Tristagma patagonicum

Philippi

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Description

A temperate herb in the Amaryllidaceae family native to the Patagonian steppes of Argentina. It grows from rhizomes that are used as a food source.

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The rhizomes are eaten raw or cooked.

The rhizomes are eaten raw or cooked.

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It is a temperate plant. It grows on the Patagonian steppes in Argentina.

Argentina, South America,

Also put in the family Liliaceae.

Chaleo, Chaquil, Liuto

Ladio, A. H., 2001, The Maintenance of Wild Edible Plant Gatherings in a Mapuche Community of Patagonia. Economic Botany, Vol. 55, No. 2, pp. 243-254
Ladio, A. H. and Lozada, M., 2003, Comparison of wild edible plant diversity and foraging strategies in two aboriginal communities of northwestern Patagonia. Biodiversity and Conservation 12: 937–951
Ladio, A. H. and Lozada, M., 2004, Patterns of use and knowledge of wild edible plants in distinct ecological environments: a case study of a Mapuche community from northwestern Patagonia. Biodiversity and Conservation 13:1153-1173
Ladio, A., Lozada, M. & M. Weigandt, 2007, Comparison of traditional wild plant knowledge between aboriginal communities inhabiting arid and forest environments in Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Arid Environments 69 (2007) 695–715
Leon-Lobos, P., et al, 2022, Patterns of Traditional and Modern Uses of Wild Edible Native Plants of Chile: Challenges and Future Perspectives. Plants (Basel) v 11 (6) Table S1

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Ochoa, J. S., & Ladio, A, H, 2015, Current use of wild plants with edible underground storage organs in a rural population of Patogonia: between tradition and change. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 11:70