Poaceae Sporobolus wrightii Munro ex Scribn.

Giant Sacaton

Navajo, Ramah - Food, Porridge

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 17

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Scientific name: Sporobolus wrightii Munro ex Scribn.
USDA symbol: SPWR2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Giant Sacaton
Family: Poaceae
Family (APG): Poaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Porridge
Notes: Ground seeds alone or with corn made into mush or bread.

RECRD: 10390 id: 38801

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