Food
Food
Other
Other
100

Cactaceae

Opuntia polyacantha

Hash niteeli

Food, other - Fruit eaten fresh or dried, cooked in stew with dried peaches; Juice used to adhere buckskin cuttings and trimmings to the buckskin war shirt.

 

plains pricklypear

100

Salicaceae

Salix exigua

K'ei'libahi'

Food, other - Leaves used to make beverage; branches used in basketry, braided straps.

 

coyote willow

100

Asteraceae

Achillea millefolium

Hazeiyiltsee'i

Medicinal - Infusion of plant used as a wash for cuts and saddle sores.

western yarrow

100

Salicaceae

Populus

T'iis bit'aa' niteeligii

Ceremonial - Roots used to carve ceremonial figurines.

 

cottonwood

200

Chenopodiaceae

Atriplex confertifnlia

Da'ak'oozh deeníní

Food, other - Used to  add salty flavor to corn roasted in a pit; rubbed on horses to repel gnats

shadescale

200

Cupressaceae

Juniperus monosperma

Gad

Food, other - Berries eaten ripe; Bark and berries used as a green dye for  wool; Wood used ltn  m;akp fPnrP nndc ;,nrl hn •n rnnf<· wnnrl "cod fnr firpwnnrl•  coorlc fnr  nPrkl•roc,

oneseed juniper

200

Chenopodiaceae

Salsola tragus

Ch'il deenini

Medicinal, ceremonies - Poultice of chewed plants applied to  ant, bee and wasp stings; used
as blakening in the Enemy Way and Evil Way ceremonies.

prickly Russian thistle

200

Agavaceae

Yucca glauca

Tsa'aszi'ts'ooz

Ceremonies, other - Roots used for soap; Roots used to wash hair and wash wool.

soapweed yucca

300

Campanulaceae

Campanufa parryi

Awee'chi'i

Food, ceremonies - Eaten by pregnant woment who want a daughter; Used in Blessing Way
ceremonies

 

Parry bellflower

300

Amaranthaceae

Amaranthus sp., A. retroflexus

Naazkaadii

Food - Seeds ground and eaten; leaves and stems eaten like spinach.

redroot amaranth

300

Betulaceae

Alnus incana

K'ish

Other - Powdered bark used as reddish or brownish dye; branches used to  make spears.

mountain alder

300

Asteraceae

Hymenoxys richardsonii

Né'éshjaa' yilkee'é

Medicinal, ceremonies, food - Soothing lotion for red ant bites; used as emetic in the Evil
Way ceremonies; root bark used for chewing gum

 

pinque rubberweed, bitterweed

400

Asclepiadaceae

Asclepias sp.

Ch'ilabe'é

Food, Medicinal - Plant eaten raw or boiled; Infusion of crushed, dried leaves taken for
stomach troubles.

 

Milkweed

400

Rosaceae

Rosa woodsii

Chǫǫh

Food, other - Fruits eaten for food;  Wood used to  make needles for  leather work.

Woods' rose

400

Asteraceae

Zinnia grandiflora

Nii'ii'niłntshahíkííh

Medicinal - Plant used for throat and nose troubles.

 

wild zinnia

400

Berberidaceae

Mahonia repens

Tsech'ilndtl'iziyilt'aa'i

Medicinal - Decoction of leaves and twigs taken for rheumatic stiffness.

 

Oregon grapes

500

Ephedraceae

Ephedra torreyana

Tł'oh azihii łibáhigíí

Food - Branches used to  make tea.

Torrey morman tea

500

Portulacaceae

Portulaca oferaceo

Tsegha' niłchi'

Medicinal, food - Plant taken for stomaches and smoked to  induce vomiting; Seeds used for food

 

little hogweed, common purslane

500

Chenopodiaceae

Sarcobatus vermicufotus

Ceremonies, other - Used as 'mush sticks' to stir mush in the girls' puberty ritutal called kinaalda, and Navajo weddings; used in making red, yellow, and blue dyes.

black greasewood

500

Brassicaceae

Dimorphocarpa wislizeni

Medicinal - Used to  treat itchy or irritated skin (chicken pox, measles, cold sores, sunburn, and insect bites.)  

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