Rosaceae Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC.
Antelope Bitterbrush
Navajo, Ramah - Other, Ceremonial Items
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 31
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Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC.
Scientific name: Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC.
USDA symbol: PUTR2 (
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Common names: Antelope Bitterbrush
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Twig and leaf ash used for Evilway blackening.
RECRD: 10532 id: 31690