Chenopodiaceae Atriplex argentea ssp. expansa (S. Wats.) Hall & Clements

Silverscale Saltbush

Navajo - Food, Forage

Use documented by:
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 43

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Scientific name: Atriplex argentea ssp. expansa (S. Wats.) Hall & Clements
USDA symbol: ATARE (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Silverscale Saltbush
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Family (APG): Amaranthaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Forage
Notes: Plant used, for the salt, to pasture sheep in the summer.

RECRD: 2825 id: 6610

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