Onagraceae Gaura mollis James
Velvetweed
Navajo, Kayenta - Food, Unspecified
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 33
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Gaura mollis James
Scientific name: Gaura mollis James
USDA symbol: GAMO5 (
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Common names: Velvetweed
Family: Onagraceae
Family (APG): Onagraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Roots stewed with meat or roasted and used for food.
RECRD: 42011 id: 15719