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.
- Author
- Meghann M. Vance, Northern Arizona University Anthropology Laboratories
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- cliffrose.JPG
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