| Mentzelia multiflora var. multiflora Adonis Blazingstar USDA MEMUM2 |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Plant used as fumigant for collared lizard ceremony. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 32 |
| Mentzelia multiflora var. multiflora Adonis Blazingstar USDA MEMUM2 |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Dermatological Aid Plant used to keep smallpox sores from pitting. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 32 |
| Mentzelia multiflora var. multiflora Adonis Blazingstar USDA MEMUM2 |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Disinfectant Plant used as fumigant for collared lizard ceremony. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 32 |
| Mentzelia multiflora var. multiflora Adonis Blazingstar USDA MEMUM2 |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Plant used for abdominal swellings. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 32 |
| Mentzelia multiflora var. multiflora Adonis Blazingstar USDA MEMUM2 |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Eye Medicine Infusion of flowers used as an eyewash. 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 37 |
| Mentzelia multiflora var. multiflora Adonis Blazingstar USDA MEMUM2 |
Navajo, Ramah Food, Staple Seeds parched with hot coals in an old basket, ground lightly with a special rock. 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 37 |
| Mentzelia multiflora var. multiflora Adonis Blazingstar USDA MEMUM2 |
Navajo, Ramah Other, Ceremonial Items Used to make Big Snake's prayer stick in Beautyway. 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 37 |
| Mentzelia nuda var. nuda Bractless Blazingstar USDA MENUN |
Dakota Drug, Febrifuge Boiled, strained sap applied externally for fever. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 103 |
| Mentzelia oreophila J. Darl. Roughstem Blazingstar USDA MEOR3 |
Cahuilla Food, Porridge Parched seeds ground into flour and used to make mush. 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 88 |
| Mentzelia pumila Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray Dwarf Mentzelia USDA MEPUP |
Apache, White Mountain Drug, Laxative Powdered roots used for constipation. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 158 |
| Mentzelia pumila Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray Dwarf Mentzelia USDA MEPUP |
Hopi Drug, Toothache Remedy Plant used as 'a toothache medicine.' Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 85 |
| Mentzelia pumila Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray Dwarf Mentzelia USDA MEPUP |
Hopi Other, Smoke Plant Plant used as a substitute for tobacco. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 85 |
| Mentzelia pumila Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray Dwarf Mentzelia USDA MEPUP |
Zuni Drug, Laxative Powdered root inserted into rectum as a suppository for constipation. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 57 |
| Mentzelia pumila Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray Dwarf Mentzelia USDA MEPUP |
Zuni Drug, Pediatric Aid Plant used to whip children to make them strong so they could hold on to a horse without falling. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 84 |
| Mentzelia pumila Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray Dwarf Mentzelia USDA MEPUP |
Zuni Drug, Strengthener Plant used to whip children to make them strong so they could hold on to a horse without falling. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 84 |
| Mentzelia sp. Stick Leaf |
Hualapai Food, Dried Food Mature seeds parched and stored for winter use. Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 52 |
| Mentzelia sp. Stick Leaf |
Hualapai Food, Porridge Green seeds pounded into a gruel and cooked. Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 52 |
| Mentzelia sp. Stick Leaf |
Hualapai Food, Staple Seeds considered an important staple. Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 52 |
| Mentzelia sp. Stick Leaf |
Miwok Drug, Poultice Pulverized seeds mixed with water, fox grease or wild cat grease, and applied as a poultice. Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 171 |
| Mentzelia sp. Stick Leaf |
Miwok Food, Unspecified Pulverized seeds made into pinole. Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 155 |
| Mentzelia veatchiana Kellogg Whitestem Blazingstar USDA MEVE5 |
Cahuilla Food, Porridge Parched seeds ground into flour and used to make mush. 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 88 |
| Mentzelia veatchiana Kellogg Whitestem Blazingstar USDA MEVE5 |
Kawaiisu Drug, Burn Dressing Pounded seeds made into a salve and rubbed on burned skin. Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 41 |
| Mentzelia veatchiana Kellogg Whitestem Blazingstar USDA MEVE5 |
Kawaiisu Food, Preserves Seeds parched and ground into a 'peanut butter' like substance. Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 41 |
| Mentzelia veatchiana Kellogg Whitestem Blazingstar USDA MEVE5 |
Kawaiisu Food, Winter Use Food Seeds stored for future use. Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 41 |