Poaceae Aristida purpurea var. longiseta (Steud.) Vasey

Fendler Threeawn

Navajo, Ramah - Food, Fodder

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 15

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Scientific name: Aristida purpurea var. longiseta (Steud.) Vasey
USDA symbol: ARPUL (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Fendler Threeawn
Family: Poaceae
Family (APG): Poaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fodder
Notes: Recognized as poor sheep or horse feed.

RECRD: 10365 id: 4866

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