Asteraceae Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. glabrata (Gray) Nesom & Baird

Rubber Rabbitbrush

Navajo - Dye, Green

Use documented by:
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 83

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Scientific name: Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. glabrata (Gray) Nesom & Baird
USDA symbol: ERNAG (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Rubber Rabbitbrush
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Green
Notes: Immature flowers, leaves or green bark boiled with heated alum and used as a green dye for wool.

RECRD: 3045 id: 13627

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