Chenopodiaceae Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt.

Fourwing Saltbush

Hopi - Dye, Blue

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 73

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Scientific name: Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt.
USDA symbol: ATCAC (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Fourwing Saltbush
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Family (APG): Amaranthaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Blue
Notes: Ashes used to maintain the blue coloring in blue corn meal.

RECRD: 41438 id: 6616

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