Chenopodiaceae Cycloloma atriplicifolium (Spreng.) Coult.

Winged Pigweed

Hopi - Dye, Red

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 74

View all documented uses for Cycloloma atriplicifolium (Spreng.) Coult.

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Scientific name: Cycloloma atriplicifolium (Spreng.) Coult.
USDA symbol: CYAT (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Winged Pigweed
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Family (APG): Amaranthaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Red
Notes: Seeds used to produce a pink dye.

RECRD: 41447 id: 11802

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