A
abrasions 33
Acacia greggii 14
Africa 7
African mustard 7
Agave 4, 61
chrysantha 4
lecheguilla 4
palmeri 4
parryi 4
Ajo lily 20
Alaska 38
Algerita 19
Allium 11
Aloe vera 46
Amaranth 5, 51
Amaranthaceae 51
Amaranthus 5
caudatus 5
hybridus 5
palmeri 5
American black elderberry 22
Amoreuxia gonzalezii 59
palmatifida 59
antiinflammatory 9, 28
antiviral 22
Apiaceae 12
Arizona 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 18, 20, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 50, 56, 59, 60
jewel flower 6
sunflower 57
walnut 13
arthritis 60, 61
Asia 7, 51, 58
Asian mustard 7
astringent 10, 13, 14, 23, 29, 31, 33, 41
Atascosa Mountains 59
Avena fatua 55
sativa 55
B
Baja California 2
Banana yucca 60
Barberry 13, 19
family 13
Barrel cactus 8
Basil 42
Beargrass 9
berberine 19
Berberis 19
Berro 52
beverage tea 12, 35, 55
Biscuitroot 10
Black walnut 13
blood sugar 17, 27, 37, 46
Bluedicks 11, 20
Blue elderberry 22
paloverde 41
Borage family 3
Bowlesia 12, 43
incana 12
Brassica 52
tournefortii 7
Broccoli 34
Brodiaea 11
Buffalo gourd 53
burns 27, 31, 33, 35, 46
C
Cactus fever 27, 46
calcium 28, 30, 32, 47
oxalate 28. See also oxalates
California 1, 2, 7, 10, 11, 12, 16, 26, 27, 29, 31, 36, 38, 41, 43, 44, 45, 48, 56, 60
Cañaigre 56
Candy barrel cactus 8
Cane cholla 17
Canyon walnut 13
Carelessweed 5
carminative 16, 32
Carnegiea gigantea 48
Carrot family 12
Cassava root 60
Catclaw 14, 23
Cattail 15
Cauliflower 34
Celtis pallida 18
reticulata 18
Century plant 4
Chaparral yucca 61
Cheeseweed mallow 35
Chenopodium 32
album 32
ambrosioides 32
berlandieri 32
fremontii 32
Chia 16
pet 16
Chihuahuan Desert 18, 44, 61
Chinchweed 45
cholesterol 17, 27, 46
Cholla 17, 48
Cilantro 42
Cirsium neomexicanum 40
Claytonia perfoliata 38
virginica 38
coffee 31, 59
Cola de gato 15
Colorado 38, 60
Columbus 42
Common mallow 35
monkey flower 39
oats 55
purslane 47
sow thistle 49
Compass cactus 8
Conium 3
Coral bean 2, 3
coughs 35
Coyote gourd 53
Creek mustard 52
Cucurbita 53
foetidissima 53
Cuernitos 21
cyanogenic glycosides 22
Cylindropuntia 17
arbuscula 17
spinosior 17
D
Dasylirion wheeleri 9
Datura 2, 3, 58
Deernut 31
Deerweed 45
Desert fern tree 23
gourd 53
hackberry 18, 25
hibiscus 35
hollygrape 19
horse purslane 28
ironwood 29
lily 20
mariposa lily 36
parsley 10
rhubarb 56
thorn 58
Devil’s claw 21
diarrhea 8
Dichelostemma capitatum 11
diuretic 6, 17
Doubleclaw 21
E
Echinocereus engelmannii 27
Elder 22
Elderberry 22
Engelmann’s hedgehog 27
English walnut 13
Epazote 32
Erythrina 3
Espadilla 15
Eurasia 34
Europe 7
F
Feather tree 23
Ferocactus wislizeni 8
fever 16, 17, 22, 27, 46
Fiddleneck 3
Finger-leaf gourd 53
Fishhook barrel cactus 8
cactus 44
Flagstaff 35
Flameflower 24, 30, 38, 47
Florida 18
Foothills paloverde 41
Fremont’s barberry 19
G
gallbladder 19
Garden lettuce 54
gastritis 37
gastrointestinal 12, 13, 23, 26, 31, 58, 60
Giant cactus 48
Gila River 13
Globe cactus 44
Globemallow 35
glucosinolates 6
Goatnut 31
Goji berry 58
Goosefoot 32
Granjeno 18
Graythorn 25
Great Plains 21
Ground cherry 26, 58
H
Hackberry bush 18
tree 18
Hairy bowlesia 12
hayfever 58
heartburn 6, 37
Hedgehog cactus 27, 44, 48
Helianthus annuus 57
tuberosus 57
Hesperocallis undulata 20
Hidalgo County 30
High mallow 35
Hollygrape 19
Honey mesquite 37
Horse nettle 26
purslane 28
Huasteco 18
Husk tomato 26
I
Idaho 10
Indian mallow 35
lettuce 38
indigestion 6, 16, 31, 42, 45, 52
Ironwood 29, 41, 48
J
Jerusalem artichoke 57
Jewelflower 6
Jewels of opar 24, 30, 38, 47
Jojoba 31
Joshua tree yucca 60, 61
Juglans major 13
Jujube 25
Jumping cholla 17
K
Kale 34
kidney stones 6, 28, 30, 32, 38, 43
L
Lactucarium 54
Lactuca sativa 54
serriola 54
Lambsquarters 32, 51
Lavender thistle 40
Lemonade berry 33
Lily family 11, 20
Little hogweed 47
Littleleaf false tamarind 23
mulberry 50
paloverde 41
liver 19
Loco weed 2
Lomatium dissectum 10
nevadense 10
London rocket 7, 34, 52
Lotebush 25
Lycium 58
andersonii 58
barbarum 58
exsertum 58
Lysiloma watsonii 23
M
magnesium 30, 47
Maguey 4
Mahonia 19
fremontii 19
haematocarpa 19
trifoliolata 19
Mallow 35
Malva neglecta 35
parviflora 35
Mammillaria grahamii 44
Manioc 60
Mariposa lily 20, 36
Mata piojo 42
Mesquite 22, 23, 37
Mexican elderberry 22
yellowshow 59
Mexico 2, 12, 18, 23, 42, 59
Milk thistle 40
Mimulus guttatus 39
Miner’s lettuce 38, 47
Mohave Desert 20
yucca 60
Monkey flower 49
Mora wood 50
Moroccan mustard 7
Morus alba 50
microphylla 50
Mountain yucca 60
Mulberry 50
Mustard 6, 7, 34, 52
family 6, 7, 34
greens 6, 34, 52
oil 6
seed 6, 7
N
Nahuatl 42
Narrowleaf cattail 15
Nettle 43
family 43
Nevada 7, 10, 11, 12, 16, 27, 45, 60
biscuitroot 10
New Mexico 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 18, 24, 26, 30, 38, 42, 44, 45, 50, 56, 59, 60
thistle 40
Nicotiana 3
Nightshade family 26
Nogal 13
Nolina microcarpa 9
Nopal 46
Nopalitos 46
O
Ocotillo 44
Odora 45
Oklahoma 56
Okra 35
Olneya tesota 29
omega–3 essential fatty acids 30, 47
Opuntia 46
engelmannii 46
ficus-ndica 46
phaeacantha 46
Orange flameflower 24
Oregon 10, 11
Oregongrape 19
oxalates 24, 28, 30, 32, 38, 47. See also calcium oxalate
P
Palo fierro 29
Paloverde 23, 29, 41, 48
Pápalo 42, 45, 58
Papaloquelite 42
Parietaria hespera 43
Parkinsonia aculeata 41
florida 41
microphylla 41
Patagonia Mountains 59
Pea family 2, 37
Pellitory 43
of-the-wall 43
Pencil cholla 17
Peter Bigfoot 3
Phemeranthus aurantiacus 24
Phoenix 23, 35
Physalis 26
hederifolia 26
Pigweed 5, 28
Pima County 6, 59
Pincushion cactus 44
Pink baby’s breath 30
Poison hemlock 2, 3
ivy 33
sumac 33
Poor man’s opium 54
Popcorn flower 3
Poreleaf 42, 45
Porophyllum gracile 45
ruderale ssp. macrocephalum 42
Portulaca oleracea 28, 47
potassium 30, 47, 50
Prickly lettuce 54
pear 17, 27, 46
Proboscidea 21
althaeifolia 21
louisianica 21
parviflora 21
Prosopis 37
velutina 37
Pulque 4
Punks 15
Purslane 24, 28, 30, 38, 47
family 24
Q
Quelites 5, 32
R
Rama de sapo 30
rashes 35
Red barberry 19
Rhubarb 56
Rhus aromatica 33
trilobata 33
Rillita pellitory 43
Rio Grande 13
Rorippa nasturtium–aquaticum 52
Rumex hymenosepalus 56
Russia 51
Russian thistle 51
S
Sacahuista 9
Saguaro 25, 29, 41, 48
Saiya 59
salsa 26, 44, 58
Salsola tragus 51
Salvia columbariae 16
hispanica 16
sambucine 22
Sambucus 22
canadensis 22
Santa Cruz County 59
Rita Mountains 59
yelllowshow 59
saponins 4, 9, 53, 61
Saúco 22
scrapes 14, 31, 33, 35, 46, 56
Screwbean mesquite 37
sedative 54, 55
Seep monkey flower 39
Siberia 51
Silybum marianum 40
Simaruba family 13
Simmondsia chilensis 31
Sinapis 34, 52
Sisymbrium irio 34
Skunkbush 33
Slender poreleaf 45
soap 4, 9, 53, 61
Soaptree yucca 60, 61
Soapweed yucca 61
Solanum elaeagnifolium 26
Sonchus 49
asper 49
oleraceus 49
Sonoran Desert 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 29, 32, 36, 38, 39, 44, 48, 50, 51, 53, 56, 58, 60, 61
sore throat 16, 35
South America 12
Dakota 38
Southern cattail 15
Sow thistle 49
Spiny hackberry 18
sow thistle 49
Spring beauty 38
parsley 10
Squawbush 33
Staghorn cholla 17
stimulant 6, 13, 34, 55
stings 35, 46
Streptanthus carinatus 6
Sumac skunkbush 33
sunburn 27, 56
Sunflower 57
sweating 16
T
Talinum paniculatum 30
Tanner’s dock 56
tannins 56
Tequila 4
Texas 6, 12, 13, 18, 24, 26, 30, 42, 44, 45, 50, 56, 60
mulberry 50
Thistle 40
Thornbush 58
Threeleaf sumac 33
Tobacco 2, 3, 58
Tohono O’odham 21, 48
Tomatillo 26, 58
Traditional Chinese Medicine 25, 58
Trianthema portulacastrum 28
Tucson 23, 35
Tumbleweed 51
Tunas 46
Twistflower 6
Typha 15
domingensis 15
U
Umbelliferae 12
Unicorn plant 21
urinary tract 28
Urticaceae 43
Urtica dioica 43
Utah 9, 10, 11, 16, 27, 31, 45, 60
V
Velvet mesquite 37
Verdolaga 47
vitamin A 30, 32, 47
C 30, 33, 47, 50
vomiting 8
W
Watercress 34, 39, 52
Western pellitory 43
sunflower 57
White mulberry 50
Wild carrot 40
gourd 53
hyacinth 11
lettuce 49
mulberry 50
mustard 34
oats 55
onion 11
rhubarb 56
Winter cress 34
purslane 38
Wolfberry 25, 58
Wyoming 56
Y
Yellow monkey flower 39
paloverde 41
Yellowshow 59
Yerba del venado 45
porosa 42
Yuca 60
Yucca 9, 60, 61
baccata 60
brevifolia 61
elata 61
glauca 61
schidigera 60
schottii 60
Z
Ziziphus jujuba 25
obtusifolia var. canescens 25