Boraginaceae Lappula occidentalis var. occidentalis
Desert Stickseed
Navajo, Ramah - Food, Fodder
Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 41
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Lappula occidentalis var. occidentalis
Scientific name: Lappula occidentalis var. occidentalis
USDA symbol: LAOCO (
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Common names: Desert Stickseed
Family: Boraginaceae
Family (APG): Boraginaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fodder
Notes: Used for sheep feed.
RECRD: 10582 id: 19476