Fabaceae Dalea purpurea Vent.
Purple Prairieclover
Navajo - Food, Beverage
Use documented by:
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 154
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Dalea purpurea Vent.
Scientific name: Dalea purpurea Vent.
USDA symbol: DAPUP (
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Common names: Purple Prairieclover
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Beverage
Notes: Leaves used to make tea.
RECRD: 3177 id: 12020