Chenopodiaceae Monolepis nuttalliana (J.A. Schultes) Greene

Nuttall's Povertyweed

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Hunting Medicine

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 25

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Scientific name: Monolepis nuttalliana (J.A. Schultes) Greene
USDA symbol: MONU (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Nuttall's Povertyweed
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Family (APG): Amaranthaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Hunting Medicine
Notes: Pinch of dried plant eaten by hunters to prevent 'buck fever.'

RECRD: 90004 id: 23411

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