Rosaceae Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC.
Antelope Bitterbrush
Navajo - Food, Forage
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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Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC.
Scientific name: Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC.
USDA symbol: PUTR2 (
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Common names: Antelope Bitterbrush
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Forage
Notes: Considered an important browse plant.
RECRD: 3181 id: 31681