| Polanisia dodecandra ssp. trachysperma (Torr. & Gray) Iltis Sandyseed Clammyweed USDA PODOT |
Isleta Other, Ceremonial Items Dried, rubbed leaves rolled in corn husks to make ceremonial cigarettes. Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 38 |
| Polanisia dodecandra ssp. trachysperma (Torr. & Gray) Iltis Sandyseed Clammyweed USDA PODOT |
Isleta Other, Smoke Plant Dried, rubbed leaves rolled in corn husks to make ceremonial cigarettes. Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 38 |
| Polanisia dodecandra ssp. trachysperma (Torr. & Gray) Iltis Sandyseed Clammyweed USDA PODOT |
Pueblo Food, Dried Food Young plants boiled, pressed, rolled into balls, dried and stored 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 25 |
| Polanisia dodecandra ssp. trachysperma (Torr. & Gray) Iltis Sandyseed Clammyweed USDA PODOT |
Pueblo Food, Soup Plant made into a stew with wild onions, wild celery, tallow or bits of meat. 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 25 |
| Polanisia dodecandra ssp. trachysperma (Torr. & Gray) Iltis Sandyseed Clammyweed USDA PODOT |
Pueblo Food, Unspecified Young plants boiled, pressed, rolled into balls and eaten. 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 25 |
| Polanisia dodecandra ssp. trachysperma (Torr. & Gray) Iltis Sandyseed Clammyweed USDA PODOT |
Pueblo Food, Vegetable Young plants boiled with a pinch of salt 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 25 |
| Polanisia dodecandra ssp. trachysperma (Torr. & Gray) Iltis Sandyseed Clammyweed USDA PODOT |
Zuni Other, Ceremonial Items Switches, roots and blossoms used ceremonially. When the Cactus fraternity returned to their chamber from the last dance at sunset, they were whipped with switches and then roots and blossoms were chewed and ejected over the bodies of the whipped people. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 96 |