| Sphaeralcea ambigua Gray Desert Globemallow USDA SPAMA |
Shoshoni Drug, Antiemetic Decoction of root taken for upset stomach. 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 141142 |
| Sphaeralcea ambigua Gray Desert Globemallow USDA SPAMA |
Shoshoni Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Poultice of mashed root used for swollen feet. Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 43 |
| Sphaeralcea ambigua Gray Desert Globemallow USDA SPAMA |
Shoshoni Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Poultice of wilted plants bound onto rheumatic or swollen areas. 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 141142 |
| Sphaeralcea ambigua Gray Desert Globemallow USDA SPAMA |
Shoshoni Drug, Cathartic Decoction of root or whole plant taken as a physic. 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 141142 |
| Sphaeralcea ambigua Gray Desert Globemallow USDA SPAMA |
Shoshoni Drug, Cold Remedy Decoction of leaves taken for colds. 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 141142 |
| Sphaeralcea ambigua Gray Desert Globemallow USDA SPAMA |
Shoshoni Drug, Contraceptive Decoction of root taken as a contraceptive, 'uncertain report.' 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 141142 |
| Sphaeralcea ambigua Gray Desert Globemallow USDA SPAMA |
Shoshoni Drug, Contraceptive Infusion of root taken as birth control. Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 46 |
| Sphaeralcea ambigua Gray Desert Globemallow USDA SPAMA |
Shoshoni Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of crushed, raw root applied to swellings. 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 141142 |
| Sphaeralcea ambigua Gray Desert Globemallow USDA SPAMA |
Shoshoni Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of wilted plants applied for rheumatism or swellings. 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 141142 |
| Sphaeralcea ambigua Gray Desert Globemallow USDA SPAMA |
Shoshoni Drug, Emetic Decoction of root or whole plant taken as an emetic. 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 141142 |
| Sphaeralcea ambigua Gray Desert Globemallow USDA SPAMA |
Shoshoni Drug, Eye Medicine Decoction of leaves used as an eyewash. 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 141142 |
| Sphaeralcea ambigua Gray Desert Globemallow USDA SPAMA |
Shoshoni Drug, Unspecified Poultices of cooked root applied medicinally. Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 43 |
| Sphaeralcea ambigua Gray Desert Globemallow USDA SPAMA |
Shoshoni Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of root or whole plant taken for venereal disease. 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 141142 |
| Sphaeralcea ambigua Gray Desert Globemallow USDA SPAMA |
Shoshoni Drug, Veterinary Aid Poultice of boiled plant applied to wire cuts on horses. 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 141142 |
| Sphaeralcea ambigua Gray Desert Globemallow USDA SPAMA |
Shoshoni Other, Containers Whole plant boiled, added to red clay and used to make cups. Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 56 |
| Sphaeralcea ambigua Gray Desert Globemallow USDA SPAMA |
Yavapai Other, Containers Stems used as a litter for drying mescal. Gifford, E. W., 1936, Northeastern and Western Yavapai, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 34:247-345, page 259 |
| Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) G. Don Copper Globemallow USDA SPAN3 |
Keres, Western Drug, Gynecological Aid Roots used for medicine by pregnant women. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 71 |
| Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) G. Don Copper Globemallow USDA SPAN3 |
Keres, Western Other, Fasteners Root sap rubbed on the skin and used as glue for feathers and cotton during dances. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 71 |
| Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) G. Don Copper Globemallow USDA SPAN3 |
Keres, Western Other, Preservative Leaves used while drying wild leafed yucca, to prevent spoiling. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 71 |
| Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) G. Don Copper Globemallow USDA SPAN3 |
Kiowa Other, Decorations Flowers appealed to the esthetic nature, picked and used for bouquets in the home. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 43 |
| Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) G. Don Copper Globemallow USDA SPAN3 |
Kiowa Other, Decorations Flowers appealed to the esthetic nature, picked and used for bouquets in the home. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 43 |
| Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) G. Don Copper Globemallow USDA SPAN3 |
Navajo Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Roots used as a ceremonial medicine. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 63 |
| Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) G. Don Copper Globemallow USDA SPAN3 |
Navajo Drug, Cold Remedy Plant used for colds. 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 163 |
| Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) G. Don Copper Globemallow USDA SPAN3 |
Navajo Drug, Cough Medicine Plant used for coughs. 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 163 |
| Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) G. Don Copper Globemallow USDA SPAN3 |
Navajo Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy Plant used for influenza. 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 163 |
| Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) G. Don Copper Globemallow USDA SPAN3 |
Navajo Food, Unspecified Seeds used for food. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 63 |
| Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) G. Don Copper Globemallow USDA SPAN3 |
Pima Drug, Antidiarrheal Decoction of leaves used for diarrhea. Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 79 |
| Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) G. Don Copper Globemallow USDA SPAN3 |
Pima Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Decoction of root used for biliousness. Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 79 |
| Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) G. Don Copper Globemallow USDA SPAN3 |
Tewa Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of pulverized roots applied to purulent sores. Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 60, 61 |
| Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) G. Don Copper Globemallow USDA SPAN3 |
Tewa Drug, Disinfectant Poultice of pulverized roots applied to purulent sores. Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 60, 61 |
| Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) G. Don Copper Globemallow USDA SPAN3 |
Tewa Drug, Snake Bite Remedy Poultice of pulverized roots applied to snakebites. Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 60, 61 |
| Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) G. Don Copper Globemallow USDA SPAN3 |
Tewa Other, Paint Root skin pounded into powder, water added and used as face paint for dances. Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 60 |
| Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb. Scarlet Globemallow USDA SPCOC |
Cheyenne Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Plant used in ceremonies. Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 30 |
| Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb. Scarlet Globemallow USDA SPCOC |
Lakota Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of chewed roots applied to sores. Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 51 |
| Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb. Scarlet Globemallow USDA SPCOC |
Lakota Other, Protection Root juices used by medicine men for protection of hands from fire or boiling water. Kraft, Shelly Katheren, 1990, Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation, University of North Dakota, M.A. Thesis, page 32 |
| Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb. Scarlet Globemallow USDA SPCOC |
Lakota Other, Protection Roots chewed and hands rubbed with the roots by heyoka men to protect their hands in scalding water. Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 51 |
| Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb. Scarlet Globemallow USDA SPCOC |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Plant used as a ceremonial fumigant ingredient. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 31 |
| Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb. Scarlet Globemallow USDA SPCOC |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Dermatological Aid Dried plant used as a dusting powder for sores. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 31 |
| Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb. Scarlet Globemallow USDA SPCOC |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Dermatological Aid Plant used as a lotion for skin diseases. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 31 |
| Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb. Scarlet Globemallow USDA SPCOC |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Dietary Aid Plant used as a tonic to improve appetite. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 31 |
| Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb. Scarlet Globemallow USDA SPCOC |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Disinfectant Plant used as a ceremonial fumigant ingredient. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 31 |
| Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb. Scarlet Globemallow USDA SPCOC |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Other Plant used for hydrophobia. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 31 |
| Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb. Scarlet Globemallow USDA SPCOC |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Strengthener Plant used as a medicine to give singer strength. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 31 |
| Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb. Scarlet Globemallow USDA SPCOC |
Navajo, Kayenta Food, Beverage Used to make a beverage. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 31 |
| Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb. Scarlet Globemallow USDA SPCOC |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Panacea Plant used as 'life medicine.' 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 36 |
| Sphaeralcea coccinea ssp. coccinea Scarlet Globemallow USDA SPCOC |
Cheyenne Drug, Adjuvant Infusion of ground leaves, stems and roots mixed with other medicine to render it more palatable. Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 180 |
| Sphaeralcea coccinea ssp. coccinea Scarlet Globemallow USDA SPCOC |
Comanche Drug, Dermatological Aid Infusion of plant used for swellings. Carlson, Gustav G. and Volney H. Jones, 1940, Some Notes on Uses of Plants by the Comanche Indians, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 25:517-542, page 522 |
| Sphaeralcea coccinea ssp. coccinea Scarlet Globemallow USDA SPCOC |
Dakota Drug, Analgesic Plant used for pain. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 362 |
| Sphaeralcea coccinea ssp. coccinea Scarlet Globemallow USDA SPCOC |
Dakota Drug, Burn Dressing Chewed plant rubbed on skin to protect against boiling water in ceremony. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 103 |
| Sphaeralcea coccinea ssp. coccinea Scarlet Globemallow USDA SPCOC |
Dakota Drug, Dermatological Aid Chewed plant applied as a cooling and healing salve to sores and wounds. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 103 |