Lamiaceae Stachys albens Gray

Whitestem Hedgenettle

Kawaiisu - Food, Spice

Use documented by:
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 65

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Scientific name: Stachys albens Gray
USDA symbol: STAL (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Whitestem Hedgenettle
Family: Lamiaceae
Family (APG): Lamiaceae
Native American Tribe: Kawaiisu
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Spice
Notes: Bunched leaves used as 'cork' for the basketry water bottle, 'it gives a good taste to the water.'

RECRD: 4467 id: 38803

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