Chenopodiaceae Cycloloma atriplicifolium (Spreng.) Coult.
Winged Pigweed
Hopi - Dye, Red
Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 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: Dye
Use sub-category: Red
Notes: Seeds used to produce a pink dye.
RECRD: 41447 id: 11802