Chenopodiaceae Salsola tragus L.
Prickly Russian Thistle
Navajo, Ramah - Food, Fodder
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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Salsola tragus L.
Scientific name: Salsola tragus L.
USDA symbol: SATR12 (
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Common names: Prickly Russian Thistle
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Family (APG): Amaranthaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fodder
Notes: Young plants used for sheep and horse feed.
RECRD: 10476 id: 36356