Sporobolus wrightii Munro ex Scribn.
Common names: Giant Sacaton
Species details (USDA):
USDA SPWR2
Documented uses
3 uses documented
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero
Fiber, Brushes & Brooms
detail...
(Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler,
1936,
Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache,
University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63,
pages 40)
Navajo, Ramah
Food, Porridge
detail...
(Vestal, Paul A.,
1952,
The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho,
Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94,
pages 17)
Papago
Food, Dried Food
detail...
(Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill,
1935,
Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians,
University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84,
pages 24)