Xanthium strumarium var. wootonii (Cockerell) W.C.Martin & C.R.Hutchins
Xanthium varians Greene
Xanthium wootonii Cockerell
Xanthium orientale is a species of annual plant of the daisy family
Asteraceae.[1]
Use by Native Americans
The
Zuni people use the plant for multiple purposes. The chewed seeds are rubbed onto the body before the cactus ceremony to protect it from spines. A compound
poultice of seeds is applied to wounds or used to remove splinters.[2] The seeds are also ground, mixed with cornmeal, made into cakes, and steamed for food.[3][4]
^Castetter, Edward F. (1935). "Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food". University of New Mexico Bulletin. 4 (1): 1–44, 54.
Xanthium strumarium var. wootonii (Cockerell) W.C.Martin & C.R.Hutchins
Xanthium varians Greene
Xanthium wootonii Cockerell
Xanthium orientale is a species of annual plant of the daisy family
Asteraceae.[1]
Use by Native Americans
The
Zuni people use the plant for multiple purposes. The chewed seeds are rubbed onto the body before the cactus ceremony to protect it from spines. A compound
poultice of seeds is applied to wounds or used to remove splinters.[2] The seeds are also ground, mixed with cornmeal, made into cakes, and steamed for food.[3][4]
^Castetter, Edward F. (1935). "Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food". University of New Mexico Bulletin. 4 (1): 1–44, 54.