Apiaceae Cymopterus purpurascens (Gray) M.E. Jones

Widewing Springparsley

Navajo, Kayenta - Other, Ceremonial Items

Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 34

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Scientific name: Cymopterus purpurascens (Gray) M.E. Jones
USDA symbol: CYPU (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Widewing Springparsley
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Used in paint for prayersticks.

RECRD: 42015 id: 11845