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Salsola tragus L.
Prickly Russian Thistle
USDA SATR12
Havasupai Food, Forage
Young plants eaten by horses.
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 218
Salsola tragus L.
Prickly Russian Thistle
USDA SATR12
Keres, Western Other, Unspecified
Taxon known and named but no use was specified.
Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 68
Salsola tragus L.
Prickly Russian Thistle
USDA SATR12
Navajo Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of chewed plants applied to ant, bee and wasp stings.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 44
Salsola tragus L.
Prickly Russian Thistle
USDA SATR12
Navajo Food, Unspecified
Roasted seeds used for food.
Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 155
Salsola tragus L.
Prickly Russian Thistle
USDA SATR12
Navajo Food, Unspecified
Sprouts boiled and eaten with butter or small pieces of mutton fat.
Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 27
Salsola tragus L.
Prickly Russian Thistle
USDA SATR12
Navajo Food, Vegetable
Very young, raw sprouts chopped into salads.
Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 27
Salsola tragus L.
Prickly Russian Thistle
USDA SATR12
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Dermatological Aid
Infusion of plant ashes used internally and externally for smallpox.
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
Salsola tragus L.
Prickly Russian Thistle
USDA SATR12
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy
Infusion of plant ashes taken and used externally for smallpox and influenza.
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
Salsola tragus L.
Prickly Russian Thistle
USDA SATR12
Navajo, Ramah Food, Fodder
Young plants used for sheep and horse feed.
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