Brassicaceae Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl
Herb Sophia
Navajo, Ramah - Food, Fodder
Use documented by:
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 28
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Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl
Scientific name: Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl
USDA symbol: DESO2 (
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Common names: Herb Sophia
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fodder
Notes: Used as sheep feed.
RECRD: 10501 id: 12394