Sandfood

Taxobox
name = Sandfood


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = "unassigned"
familia = Lennoaceae
genus = "Pholisma"
species = "P. sonorae"
binomial = "Pholisma sonorae"
binomial_authority = (Torr. ex Gray) Yatskievych

Sandfood ("Pholisma sonorae") is a perennial herb found in sand dunes. It is a root parasite without chlorophyll. Its stems are fleshy and mostly buried in the sand. It has scale-like leaves. Its flowers are pink to purple with white edges. This was an important food item for certain Native American peoples, including the Cocopah and the Hia C-ed O'odham.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?4933,4934,4936 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PHSO USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Pholisma+sonorae Photo gallery]
* [http://herb.umd.umich.edu/herb/search.pl?searchstring=Pholisma+sonorae Ethonobotany]