Cuscuta californica Hook. & Arn.
Common names: Chaparral Dodder
Species details (USDA):
USDA CUCAC
Documented uses
3 uses documented
Cahuilla
Fiber, Scouring Material
detail...
(Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel,
1972,
Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants,
Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press,
pages 59)
Diegueno
Drug, Antidote
detail...
(Hedges, Ken,
1986,
Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany,
San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20,
pages 17)
Kawaiisu
Drug, Hemostat
detail...
(Zigmond, Maurice L.,
1981,
Kawaiisu Ethnobotany,
Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press,
pages 23)