Solanaceae Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.

Silverleaf Nightshade

Hopi - Other, Jewelry

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 90

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Scientific name: Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.
USDA symbol: SOEL (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Silverleaf Nightshade
Family: Solanaceae
Family (APG): Solanaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Jewelry
Notes: Yellow fruits made into necklaces for clowns.

RECRD: 41498 id: 38267