Cactaceae Opuntia erinacea var. hystricina (Engelm. & Bigelow) L. Benson

Grizzlybear Pricklypear

Hopi - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 85

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Scientific name: Opuntia erinacea var. hystricina (Engelm. & Bigelow) L. Benson
USDA symbol: OPERH (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Grizzlybear Pricklypear
Family: Cactaceae
Family (APG): Cactaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Joints boiled, dipped into syrup and eaten after thorn removal.

RECRD: 41488 id: 24642

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