Chenopodiaceae Chenopodium graveolens Willd.
Fetid Goosefoot
Navajo, Ramah - Other, Protection
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 25
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Chenopodium graveolens Willd.
Scientific name: Chenopodium graveolens Willd.
USDA symbol: CHGR2 (
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Common names: Fetid Goosefoot
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Family (APG): Amaranthaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Protection
Notes: Cold infusion taken to give protection in warfare.
RECRD: 83862 id: 9504