FLAT TOP BUCKWHEAT Wildflowers

Flat-top buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) in the San Jose de la Zorra mountain desert valley displays beautiful fall colors -- deep reddish browns during the seasonal round 2005 -- Kumeyaay California Indian Indigenous tribal village documentary, Baja California, Mexico.

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KUMEYAAY INDIGENOUS PLANTS

The flat-top or wild buckwheat Native American Indian medicinal plant has short, thin green leaves, and is topped in white or light pink wildflowers during its blooming season.

Kumeyaay word: Hamill

The Kumeyaay boiled the flat-top buckwheat flowers and roots to make a medicinal Indian tea that is good to sooth stomach pains, and help babies with diarrhea. Sometimes the flowers were eaten by the Kumeyaay for food.

-Source: "Delfina Cuero" by Florence Shipek

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