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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
Sphaeralcea coccinea ssp. coccinea
Scarlet Globemallow
USDA SPCOC
Gosiute Other, Paint
Plant pounded in water into a gummy paste & applied over the rough inner surfaces of earthen dishes.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 374
Sphaeralcea coccinea ssp. coccinea
Scarlet Globemallow
USDA SPCOC
Keres, Western Drug, Gynecological Aid
Roots used by women when they become pregnant.
Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 53
Sphaeralcea coccinea ssp. coccinea
Scarlet Globemallow
USDA SPCOC
Navajo Drug, Hemostat
Infusion of plants used to stop bleeding.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 62
Sphaeralcea coccinea ssp. coccinea
Scarlet Globemallow
USDA SPCOC
Navajo Drug, Witchcraft Medicine
Infusion of plants taken for diseases produced by witchcraft.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 62
Sphaeralcea coccinea ssp. coccinea
Scarlet Globemallow
USDA SPCOC
Navajo Food, Starvation Food
Roots chewed during food shortages.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 62