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Sinapis alba L.
White Mustard
USDA SIAL5
Hoh Food, Spice
Used for flavoring.
Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 62
Sinapis alba L.
White Mustard
USDA SIAL5
Hoh Food, Vegetable
Plants eaten as greens.
Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 62
Sinapis alba L.
White Mustard
USDA SIAL5
Micmac Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
Parts of plant used for tuberculosis of lungs.
Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 62
Sinapis alba L.
White Mustard
USDA SIAL5
Quileute Drug, Unspecified
Plants used for medicine.
Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 62
Sinapis alba L.
White Mustard
USDA SIAL5
Quileute Food, Spice
Used for flavoring.
Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 62
Sinapis alba L.
White Mustard
USDA SIAL5
Quileute Food, Vegetable
Plants eaten as greens.
Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 62
Sinapis arvensis L.
Charlock Mustard
USDA SIAR4
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Plant used as a ceremonial emetic for 'deer infection.'
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 28
Sinapis arvensis L.
Charlock Mustard
USDA SIAR4
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Disinfectant
Plant used as a ceremonial emetic for 'deer infection.'
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 28
Sinapis arvensis L.
Charlock Mustard
USDA SIAR4
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Emetic
Plant used as a ceremonial emetic for 'deer infection.'
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 28
Sisymbrium altissimum L.
Tall Tumblemustard
USDA SIAL2
Navajo Food, Porridge
Seeds used, with goat's milk, to make a mush.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 50
Sisymbrium altissimum L.
Tall Tumblemustard
USDA SIAL2
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Emetic
Plant probably used in emetics.
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 29
Sisymbrium irio L.
Londonrocket
USDA SIIR
Cahuilla Food, Vegetable
Immature leaves boiled or fried and used for greens.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 140
Sisymbrium irio L.
Londonrocket
USDA SIIR
Mohave Food, Starvation Food
Young shoots roasted and eaten as a famine food.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 201
Sisymbrium irio L.
Londonrocket
USDA SIIR
Pima Drug, Eye Medicine
Dried seeds placed under the lids of sore eyes to cause weeping.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 84
Sisymbrium irio L.
Londonrocket
USDA SIIR
Pima Food, Porridge
Seeds formerly parched, ground, water added and eaten as a gruel.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 84
Sisymbrium irio L.
Londonrocket
USDA SIIR
Pima Food, Winter Use Food
Seeds stored and used as a winter food.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 84
Sisymbrium irio L.
Londonrocket
USDA SIIR
Pima, Gila River Food, Beverage
Seeds mixed with water to make a drink.
Rea, Amadeo M., 1991, Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction, Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10, page 5
Sisymbrium irio L.
Londonrocket
USDA SIIR
Pima, Gila River Food, Porridge
Seeds used to make a mucilaginous mass and eaten.
Rea, Amadeo M., 1991, Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction, Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10, page 5
Sisymbrium irio L.
Londonrocket
USDA SIIR
Pima, Gila River Food, Staple
Seeds ground, parched and used to make pinole.
Rea, Amadeo M., 1991, Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction, Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10, page 5
Sisymbrium irio L.
Londonrocket
USDA SIIR
Pima, Gila River Food, Unspecified
Seeds mixed with water and eaten.
Rea, Amadeo M., 1991, Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction, Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10, page 7
Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.
Hedgemustard
USDA SIOF
Cherokee Drug, Pulmonary Aid
Used as a poultice for croup.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.
Hedgemustard
USDA SIOF
Cherokee Food, Vegetable
Leaves cooked and eaten as salad greens.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.
Hedgemustard
USDA SIOF
Iroquois Drug, Veterinary Aid
Compound decoction of plants mixed with feed for horses with cramps.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 341
Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.
Hedgemustard
USDA SIOF
Navajo Food, Forage
Plant used by horses for forage.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 50
Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.
Hedgemustard
USDA SIOF
Navajo Food, Porridge
Seeds ground and eaten as a mush or gruel.
Steggerda, Morris, 1941, Navajo Foods and Their Preparation, Journal of the American Dietetic Association 17(3):217-25, page 223
Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.
Hedgemustard
USDA SIOF
Navajo Food, Soup
Parched, ground seeds used to make soup or stew.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 50
Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.
Hedgemustard
USDA SIOF
Navajo Food, Soup
Seeds parched, ground into meal and made into soup or stew.
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
Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.
Hedgemustard
USDA SIOF
Tubatulabal Food, Unspecified
Leaves fried in grease and eaten.
Voegelin, Ermine W., 1938, Tubatulabal Ethnography, Anthropological Records 2(1):1-84, page 16
Stanleya albescens M.E. Jones
White Princesplume
USDA STAL2
Hopi Food, Unspecified
Boiled and eaten.
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 163
Stanleya albescens M.E. Jones
White Princesplume
USDA STAL2
Hopi Food, Unspecified
Leaves boiled and eaten.
Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 15
Stanleya albescens M.E. Jones
White Princesplume
USDA STAL2
Hopi Food, Vegetable
Eaten as greens in the spring.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 77
Stanleya pinnata (Pursh) Britt.
Desert Princesplume
USDA STPIP
Havasupai Drug, Poison
Fresh leaves considered poisonous.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 220
Stanleya pinnata (Pursh) Britt.
Desert Princesplume
USDA STPIP
Havasupai Food, Vegetable
Leaves boiled two or three times to remove poisons and eaten.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 220
Stanleya pinnata (Pursh) Britt.
Desert Princesplume
USDA STPIP
Havasupai Food, Vegetable
Young, fresh, tender leaves boiled, drained, balled into individual portions and served.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 66
Stanleya pinnata (Pursh) Britt.
Desert Princesplume
USDA STPIP
Hopi Food, Vegetable
Boiled plant used for greens in the spring.
Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 366
Stanleya pinnata (Pursh) Britt.
Desert Princesplume
USDA STPIP
Hopi Food, Vegetable
Eaten as greens in the spring.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 77
Stanleya pinnata (Pursh) Britt.
Desert Princesplume
USDA STPIP
Kawaiisu Food, Vegetable
Leaves & stems boiled, squeezed out in cold water to remove the bitterness, fried in grease & eaten.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 65
Stanleya pinnata (Pursh) Britt.
Desert Princesplume
USDA STPIP
Navajo Drug, Gland Medicine
Poultice of plants applied to glandular swellings.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 50
Stanleya pinnata (Pursh) Britt.
Desert Princesplume
USDA STPIP
Paiute Drug, Analgesic
Poultice of mashed root applied for throat pain.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 142
Stanleya pinnata (Pursh) Britt.
Desert Princesplume
USDA STPIP
Paiute Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy
Poultice of mashed root applied for congestion of diphtheria.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 142
Stanleya pinnata (Pursh) Britt.
Desert Princesplume
USDA STPIP
Paiute Drug, Throat Aid
Poultice of mashed root applied for throat pain.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 142
Stanleya pinnata (Pursh) Britt.
Desert Princesplume
USDA STPIP
Paiute Drug, Tonic
Decoction of root taken as a tonic for general debility after an illness.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 142
Stanleya pinnata (Pursh) Britt.
Desert Princesplume
USDA STPIP
Shoshoni Drug, Analgesic
Poultice of pulped root applied for rheumatic pains.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 142
Stanleya pinnata (Pursh) Britt.
Desert Princesplume
USDA STPIP
Shoshoni Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
Poultice of hot, pulped root applied for rheumatic pains.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 142
Stanleya pinnata (Pursh) Britt.
Desert Princesplume
USDA STPIP
Shoshoni Drug, Ear Medicine
Poultice of hot, pulped root applied for an earache.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 142
Stanleya pinnata (Pursh) Britt.
Desert Princesplume
USDA STPIP
Shoshoni Drug, Toothache Remedy
Poultice of root applied to gums or placed in cavity for toothache.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 142
Stanleya pinnata (Pursh) Britt.
Desert Princesplume
USDA STPIP
Tewa Food, Vegetable
Boiled plant used for greens in the spring.
Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 366
Stanleya pinnata (Pursh) Britt.
Desert Princesplume
USDA STPIP
Zuni Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of fresh, chewed pods used for itching.
Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 375
Stanleya pinnata (Pursh) Britt.
Desert Princesplume
USDA STPIP
Zuni Drug, Venereal Aid
Powdered plant applied, as a specific, to scraped syphilitic sores.
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 60
Streptanthus cordatus Nutt.
Heartleaf Twistflower
USDA STCOC
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Eye Medicine
Root juice used as eye drops for sore eyes.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 25