Malvaceae Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb.

Scarlet Globemallow

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Dietary Aid

Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 31

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Scientific name: Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb.
USDA symbol: SPCOC (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Scarlet Globemallow
Family: Malvaceae
Family (APG): Malvaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dietary Aid
Notes: Plant used as a tonic to improve appetite.

RECRD: 95634 id: 38645

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