Malvaceae Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb.
Scarlet Globemallow
Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Strengthener
Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 31
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Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb.
Scientific name: Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb.
USDA symbol: SPCOC (
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Common names: Scarlet Globemallow
Family: Malvaceae
Family (APG): Malvaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Strengthener
Notes: Plant used as a medicine to give singer strength.
RECRD: 95637 id: 38648