Famine Foods Plants that are not normally considered as crops are consumed in times of famine

Ornithogalum luteum

Uses

France: root recommended a famine food boiled in water, roasted, or sliced and fried.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: L.; Tenore.

Plant Classification Group:

Liliaceae

Plant Locations:

Europe
- France

Plant References:

PARMENTIER

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