Cactaceae Echinocereus fendleri (Engelm.) F. Seitz
Pinkflower Hedgehog Cactus
Hopi - Food, Sweetener
Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 85
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Echinocereus fendleri (Engelm.) F. Seitz
Scientific name: Echinocereus fendleri (Engelm.) F. Seitz
USDA symbol: ECFEF2 (
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Common names: Pinkflower Hedgehog Cactus
Family: Cactaceae
Family (APG): Cactaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Sweetener
Notes: Fruits dried and used as a source of sweetening.
RECRD: 41487 id: 12889