Chenopodiaceae Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt.

Fourwing Saltbush

Navajo, Ramah - Food, Spice

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 24

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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: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Spice
Notes: Leaves placed on coals in pit for roasting corn, to impart a salty taste.

RECRD: 10459 id: 6646

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