Chenopodiaceae Atriplex confertifolia (Torr. & Fr‚m.) S. Wats.

Shadscale Saltbush

Hopi - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 73

View all documented uses for Atriplex confertifolia (Torr. & Fr‚m.) S. Wats.

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Scientific name: Atriplex confertifolia (Torr. & Fr‚m.) S. Wats.
USDA symbol: ATCO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Shadscale Saltbush
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Family (APG): Amaranthaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Young, tender leaves cooked and eaten as greens.

RECRD: 41439 id: 6663

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