| Amaranthus acanthochiton Sauer Greenstripe USDA AMAC |
Hopi Food, Starvation Food Used numerous times to ward off famines. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 74 |
| Amaranthus acanthochiton Sauer Greenstripe USDA AMAC |
Hopi Food, Vegetable Cooked as greens. Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 10 |
| Amaranthus acanthochiton Sauer Greenstripe USDA AMAC |
Hopi Food, Vegetable Cooked with meat and eaten as greens. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 74 |
| Amaranthus albus L. Prostrate Pigweed USDA AMAL |
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Bread & Cake Seeds winnowed, ground into flour and used to make bread. Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 48 |
| Amaranthus albus L. Prostrate Pigweed USDA AMAL |
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Unspecified Eaten without preparation or cooked with green chile and meat or animal bones. Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 46 |
| Amaranthus albus L. Prostrate Pigweed USDA AMAL |
Apache, White Mountain Food, Unspecified Seeds used for food. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 155 |
| Amaranthus albus L. Prostrate Pigweed USDA AMAL |
Cochiti Food, Vegetable Young plants eaten as greens. Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 16 |
| Amaranthus albus L. Prostrate Pigweed USDA AMAL |
Navajo Other, Ceremonial Items Used, with many different plants, to smoke for lewdness, which was performed at the Coyote Chant. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 45 |
| Amaranthus albus L. Prostrate Pigweed USDA AMAL |
Navajo, Ramah Food, Staple Threshed seeds ground into flour. 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 25 |
| Amaranthus arenicola I.M. Johnston Sandhill Amaranth USDA AMAR |
Hopi Food, Unspecified Boiled with meat. Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 162 |
| Amaranthus arenicola I.M. Johnston Sandhill Amaranth USDA AMAR |
Hopi Food, Unspecified Boiled with meat. Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 162 |
| Amaranthus arenicola I.M. Johnston Sandhill Amaranth USDA AMAR |
Hopi Food, Unspecified Leaves boiled and eaten with meat. Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 18 |
| Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Mat Amaranth USDA AMBL |
Acoma Food, Dried Food Young plants boiled and dried for winter use. Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 15 |
| Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Mat Amaranth USDA AMBL |
Acoma Food, Staple Seeds ground into meal. Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 22 |
| Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Mat Amaranth USDA AMBL |
Acoma Food, Vegetable Young plants boiled and eaten as greens. Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 15 |
| Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Mat Amaranth USDA AMBL |
Apache, White Mountain Food, Unspecified Seeds used for food. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 155 |
| Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Mat Amaranth USDA AMBL |
Hopi Food, Porridge Ground seeds used to make mush. Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 162 |
| Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Mat Amaranth USDA AMBL |
Hopi Food, Unspecified Seeds eaten for food. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 74 |
| Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Mat Amaranth USDA AMBL |
Hopi Food, Unspecified Seeds formerly prized as a food. Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 18 |
| Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Mat Amaranth USDA AMBL |
Hopi Food, Unspecified Seeds used as food. Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 22 |
| Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Mat Amaranth USDA AMBL |
Hopi Food, Vegetable Cooked and eaten as greens. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 74 |
| Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Mat Amaranth USDA AMBL |
Kiowa Other, Fasteners Used to make a glue. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 26 |
| Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Mat Amaranth USDA AMBL |
Klamath Food, Unspecified Seeds used for food. Coville, Frederick V., 1897, Notes On The Plants Used By The Klamath Indians Of Oregon., Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 5(2):87-110, page 96 |
| Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Mat Amaranth USDA AMBL |
Laguna Food, Dried Food Young plants boiled and dried for winter use. Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 15 |
| Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Mat Amaranth USDA AMBL |
Laguna Food, Staple Seeds ground into meal. Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 22 |
| Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Mat Amaranth USDA AMBL |
Laguna Food, Vegetable Young plants boiled and eaten as greens. Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 15 |
| Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Mat Amaranth USDA AMBL |
Montana Indian Food, Unspecified Seeds formerly used as articles of the diet. Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 6 |
| Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Mat Amaranth USDA AMBL |
Montana Indian Food, Vegetable Used as a potherb. Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 6 |
| Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Mat Amaranth USDA AMBL |
Navajo Food, Forage Plant used as sheep forage. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 45 |
| Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Mat Amaranth USDA AMBL |
Navajo Food, Porridge Seeds ground into meal and made into stiff porridge or mixed with goat's milk and made into gruel. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 45 |
| Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Mat Amaranth USDA AMBL |
Navajo Food, Staple Seeds ground into a meal and used for food. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 45 |
| Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Mat Amaranth USDA AMBL |
Navajo Food, Vegetable Boiled and eaten like spinach, boiled and fried in lard or canned. Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 15 |
| Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Mat Amaranth USDA AMBL |
Pueblo Food, Vegetable Boiled and eaten like spinach, boiled and fried in lard or canned. Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 15 |
| Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Mat Amaranth USDA AMBL |
Spanish American Food, Vegetable Boiled and eaten like spinach, boiled and fried in lard or canned. Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 15 |
| Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Mat Amaranth USDA AMBL |
Tewa Food, Unspecified Boiled or fried and used for food. Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 53 |
| Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Mat Amaranth USDA AMBL |
Zuni Food, Bread & Cake Seeds originally eaten raw, but later ground with black corn meal, made into balls and eaten. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 65 |
| Amaranthus caudatus L. Love-lies-bleeding USDA AMCA3 |
Cocopa Food, Unspecified Fresh plants baked and eaten. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 200 |
| Amaranthus caudatus L. Love-lies-bleeding USDA AMCA3 |
Cocopa Food, Vegetable Plants cooked and eaten as greens. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 200 |
| Amaranthus caudatus L. Love-lies-bleeding USDA AMCA3 |
Cocopa Food, Winter Use Food Plants cooked, rolled into a ball, baked and stored. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 200 |
| Amaranthus caudatus L. Love-lies-bleeding USDA AMCA3 |
Mohave Food, Unspecified Fresh plants baked and eaten. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 200 |
| Amaranthus caudatus L. Love-lies-bleeding USDA AMCA3 |
Mohave Food, Vegetable Plants cooked and eaten as greens. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 200 |
| Amaranthus caudatus L. Love-lies-bleeding USDA AMCA3 |
Mohave Food, Winter Use Food Plants cooked, rolled into a ball, baked and stored for future use. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 200 |
| Amaranthus caudatus L. Love-lies-bleeding USDA AMCA3 |
Mohave Food, Winter Use Food Plants cooked, rolled into a ball, baked and stored. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 200 |
| Amaranthus cruentus L. Red Amaranth USDA AMCR4 |
Apache, White Mountain Other, Paint Flowers used as face paint. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 155 |
| Amaranthus cruentus L. Red Amaranth USDA AMCR4 |
Hopi Dye, Red Flowers used to color bread red for certain dances. Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 162 |
| Amaranthus cruentus L. Red Amaranth USDA AMCR4 |
Hopi Dye, Red Flowers used to color bread red for certain dances. Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 162 |
| Amaranthus cruentus L. Red Amaranth USDA AMCR4 |
Hopi Dye, Unspecified Flowers used to color piki. Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 283 |
| Amaranthus cruentus L. Red Amaranth USDA AMCR4 |
Hopi Food, Cooking Agent Heads dried and used as a brilliant pink dye for wafer bread. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 74 |
| Amaranthus cruentus L. Red Amaranth USDA AMCR4 |
Hopi Food, Cooking Agent Plant used as a red coloring for paper bread distributed at katcina exhibitions. Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 18 |
| Amaranthus cruentus L. Red Amaranth USDA AMCR4 |
Keresan Food, Vegetable Leaves eaten as greens. White, Leslie A, 1945, Notes on the Ethnobotany of the Keres, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters 30:557-568, page 558 |