Chenopodiaceae Salsola tragus L.

Prickly Russian Thistle

Navajo - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 155

View all documented uses for Salsola tragus L.

---

Scientific name: Salsola tragus L.
USDA symbol: SATR12 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Prickly Russian Thistle
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Family (APG): Amaranthaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Roasted seeds used for food.

RECRD: 3186 id: 36351

---