Asteraceae Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don ex Hook.

Rush Skeletonplant

Navajo, Ramah - Food, Candy

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 52

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Scientific name: Lygodesmia juncea (Pursh) D. Don ex Hook.
USDA symbol: LYJU (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Rush Skeletonplant
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Candy
Notes: Roots left in the sun until gum came out and hardened and used for chewing gum.

RECRD: 10639 id: 21573

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