Chenopodiaceae Cycloloma atriplicifolium (Spreng.) Coult.
Winged Pigweed
Hopi - Drug, Febrifuge
Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 32, 74
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Cycloloma atriplicifolium (Spreng.) Coult.
Scientific name: Cycloloma atriplicifolium (Spreng.) Coult.
USDA symbol: CYAT (
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Common names: Winged Pigweed
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Family (APG): Amaranthaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Plant used for fever.
RECRD: 84805 id: 11801