FOOD RESOURCE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
COMPOSITAE, CIRSIUM EDULE, EDIBLE THISTLE
Hensolt, Edith A. 1966. How Oregon Indians Used the Native Flora. Benton cdounty Historical Society & Museum, Philomath, Oregon.
The root is 9-15 inches long, parsnip-shaped. White when dug, it is almost as crisp as carrot and was sometimes eaten raw. It was usually baked in a pit to bring out the sweetness, for though black, it is the most sugary Indian food. Haskin boiled them like salsify, but didn't especially like them.
