Yellow Cow lily (Nuphar lutea)

Grows in shallow, calm water, in plains, mountains, and sub-alpine regions.

Western Canadian variety is the Yellow cow-lily

1.    Seeds are edible after drying, popping, or frying.

2.    Seeds can be taken from dried capsules can be used as flour.

3.    Rhizome is edible after prolonged boiling, with several changes of water. Can be roasted , or boiled; then peeled, and either eaten or thinly sliced for drying; and then either stored or ground into flour