Hydrangeaceae Fendlera rupicola Gray

Cliff Fendlerbush

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 25

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Scientific name: Fendlera rupicola Gray
USDA symbol: FERU (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Cliff Fendlerbush
Family: Hydrangeaceae
Family (APG): Hydrangeaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Boiled with juniper berries, pinon buds and corn meal and used in mush-eating ceremonies.

RECRD: 42004 id: 14722

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