Fabaceae Dalea lanata Spreng.

Woolly Prairieclover

Hopi - Food, Sweetener

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 163

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Scientific name: Dalea lanata Spreng.
USDA symbol: DALAL (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Woolly Prairieclover
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Sweetener
Notes: Root eaten and regarded as sugar.

RECRD: 10702 id: 12013

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