Brassicaceae Dimorphocarpa wislizeni (Engelm.) Rollins

Touristplant

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 24

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Scientific name: Dimorphocarpa wislizeni (Engelm.) Rollins
USDA symbol: DIWI2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Touristplant
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Mixed with paint and used on prayersticks or ceremonial figurines of water animals.

RECRD: 42002 id: 12542

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