Fineleaf Hymenopappus - Hymenopappus filifolius

Ethnobotanical Uses

 

Food:

"Hopi Bread & Cake Leaves boiled, rubbed with cornmeal, and baked into bread. --- Zuni Candy Root used as chewing gum. ---" (Moerman 271)

Medicine:

"Zuni Dermatological Aid Poultice of chewed root with lard applied to swellings. Emetic Warm decoction of root taken as an emetic. ---" (Moerman 271)