Malvaceae Sphaeralcea coccinea ssp. coccinea

Scarlet Globemallow

Navajo - Food, Starvation Food

Use documented by:
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 62

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Scientific name: Sphaeralcea coccinea ssp. coccinea
USDA symbol: SPCOC (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Scarlet Globemallow
Family: Malvaceae
Family (APG): Malvaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Starvation Food
Notes: Roots chewed during food shortages.

RECRD: 2970 id: 38660

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