Boraginaceae Heliotropium convolvulaceum (Nutt.) Gray

Phlox Heliotrope

Navajo, Kayenta - Food, Porridge

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 40

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Scientific name: Heliotropium convolvulaceum (Nutt.) Gray
USDA symbol: HECOC7 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Phlox Heliotrope
Family: Boraginaceae
Family (APG): Boraginaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Porridge
Notes: Seeds made into mush and used for food.

RECRD: 42021 id: 16720

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