Typhaceae Typha angustifolia L.

Narrowleaf Cattail

Hopi - Food, Candy

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 64

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Scientific name: Typha angustifolia L.
USDA symbol: TYAN (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Narrowleaf Cattail
Family: Typhaceae
Family (APG): Typhaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Candy
Notes: Mature heads chewed with tallow as gum.

RECRD: 41383 id: 41115