Chenopodiaceae Atriplex argentea Nutt.

Silverscale Saltbush

Hopi - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 21

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Scientific name: Atriplex argentea Nutt.
USDA symbol: ATARA2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Silverscale Saltbush
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Family (APG): Amaranthaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Leaves boiled and eaten with fat.

RECRD: 4757 id: 6595

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