Common names: Cliffrose, Quinine-bush

Scientific name: Cowania mexicana

Description: Small shrub with cream-colored, small rose-like flowers in the early summer and fall.

Dye: When mixed with pounded juniper branches, cliffrose produces a tan dye.

Other uses: shredded bark padding, arrows, and as medicine.

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Meghann M. Vance, Northern Arizona University Anthropology Laboratories

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