Chenopodiaceae Atriplex argentea Nutt.

Silverscale Saltbush

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Other

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 24

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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: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Other
Notes: Cold infusion used for sickness from drinking bad water and to purify water.

RECRD: 82902 id: 6603

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