Poaceae Sporobolus flexuosus (Thurb. ex Vasey) Rydb.
Mesa Dropseed
Hopi - Food, Starvation Food
Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 66
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Sporobolus flexuosus (Thurb. ex Vasey) Rydb.
Scientific name: Sporobolus flexuosus (Thurb. ex Vasey) Rydb.
USDA symbol: SPFL2 (
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Common names: Mesa Dropseed
Family: Poaceae
Family (APG): Poaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Starvation Food
Notes: Grain occasionally used for food during famines.
RECRD: 41396 id: 38791