Poaceae Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths

Blue Grama

Zuni - Fiber, Brushes & Brooms

Use documented by:
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 83

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Scientific name: Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths
USDA symbol: BOGR2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Blue Grama
Family: Poaceae
Family (APG): Poaceae
Native American Tribe: Zuni
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Brushes & Brooms
Notes: Grass bunches tied together and the severed end used as a hairbrush, the other as a broom.

RECRD: 32930 id: 7447

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