Nyctaginaceae Abronia fragrans Nutt. ex Hook.

Snowball Sand Verbena

Acoma - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 39

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Scientific name: Abronia fragrans Nutt. ex Hook.
USDA symbol: ABFR2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Snowball Sand Verbena
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Family (APG): Nyctaginaceae
Native American Tribe: Acoma
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Roots ground, mixed with corn meal and eaten.

RECRD: 41212 id: 348

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