Agavaceae Yucca glauca Nutt.
Small Soapweed
Navajo, Ramah - Dye, Red
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 21
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Yucca glauca Nutt.
Scientific name: Yucca glauca Nutt.
USDA symbol: YUGLG2 (
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Common names: Small Soapweed
Family: Agavaceae
Family (APG): Asparagaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Red
Notes: Juice boiled alone for a red dye.
RECRD: 10429 id: 44147