Asteraceae Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze

Hopi Tea Greenthread

Hopi - Food, Beverage

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 98

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Scientific name: Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze
USDA symbol: THME (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Hopi Tea Greenthread
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Beverage
Notes: Flowers and tips of young leaves dried, boiled and used to make tea.

RECRD: 41565 id: 39781

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