Panicum capillare L.
Common names: Witchgrass
Species details (USDA):
USDA PACA6
Documented uses
8 uses documented
Hopi
Food, Bread & Cake
detail...
(Vestal, Paul A,
1940,
Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891,
Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168,
pages 159)
Hopi
Food, Staple
detail...
(Fewkes, J. Walter,
1896,
A Contribution to Ethnobotany,
American Anthropologist 9:14-21,
pages 17)
Keres, Western
Drug, Emetic
detail...
(Swank, George R.,
1932,
The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians,
University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis,
pages 57)
Keres, Western
Other, Unspecified
detail...
(Swank, George R.,
1932,
The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians,
University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis,
pages 57)
Mahuna
Drug, Dietary Aid
detail...
(Romero, John Bruno,
1954,
The Botanical Lore of the California Indians,
New York. Vantage Press, Inc.,
pages 66)
Navajo
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Elmore, Francis H.,
1944,
Ethnobotany of the Navajo,
Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research,
pages 26)
Navajo, Ramah
Food, Fodder
detail...
(Vestal, Paul A.,
1952,
The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho,
Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94,
pages 17)
Tewa
Fiber, Brushes & Brooms
detail...
(Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco,
1916,
Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians,
SI-BAE Bulletin #55,
pages 64)