Typhaceae Typha latifolia L.
Broadleaf Cattail
Navajo, Ramah - Other, Good Luck Charm
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 14
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Typha latifolia L.
Scientific name: Typha latifolia L.
USDA symbol: TYLA (
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Common names: Broadleaf Cattail
Family: Typhaceae
Family (APG): Typhaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Good Luck Charm
Notes: Leaves used to make mats hung up in the hogan to bring rain.
RECRD: 10359 id: 41283