University of Michigan at Dearborn Native American Ethnobotany Database
(database accessed August 2005)

Catabrosa
6 entries


Catabrosa aquatica (L.) Beauv.
Water Whorlgrass; Poaceae
Crow Drug (Ceremonial Medicine)
Burned as incense during certain ceremonies.
Blankinship, J. W. 1905 Native Economic Plants of Montana. Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56 (p. 12)



Catabrosa aquatica (L.) Beauv.
Water Whorlgrass; Poaceae
Montana Indian Drug (Ceremonial Medicine)
Burned as incense during certain ceremonies.
Blankinship, J. W. 1905 Native Economic Plants of Montana. Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56 (p. 12)



Catabrosa aquatica (L.) Beauv.
Water Whorlgrass; Poaceae
Shoshoni Drug (Stimulant)
Decoction of plant taken as a stimulant .
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer 1941 Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada. Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture (p. 53)



Catabrosa aquatica (L.) Beauv.
Water Whorlgrass; Poaceae
Shoshoni Drug (Tonic)
Decoction of plant taken as a tonic.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer 1941 Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada. Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture (p. 53)



Catabrosa aquatica (L.) Beauv.
Water Whorlgrass; Poaceae
Crow Food (Unspecified)
Seeds used for food.
Blankinship, J. W. 1905 Native Economic Plants of Montana. Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56 (p. 12)



Catabrosa aquatica (L.) Beauv.
Water Whorlgrass; Poaceae
Gosiute Food (Unspecified)
Seeds used for food.
Chamberlin, Ralph V. 1911 The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah. Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405. (p. 370)





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