Chenopodiaceae Atriplex obovata Moq.

Mound Saltbush

Hopi - Food, Vegetable

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 obovata Moq.
USDA symbol: ATOB (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Mound Saltbush
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Family (APG): Amaranthaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Young, tender leaves cooked and eaten as greens.

RECRD: 41440 id: 6700

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