Indian Tea (2)
Indian Tea, of the Thelesperma genus, is widely used as a beverage, for medicinal purposes and as a dye by Native American peoples. It also known as Greenthread for its narrow, dissected green leaves. Thelesperma have two rows of bracts; the inner one fused together, the outer ones stick out at 90 degrees. See also Stiff Greenthread.
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Hopi Tea Greenthread Family:
Sunflower (Asteraceae) Grows to 2 ½ft with smooth, wiry stems and threadlike, divided leaves. There are no ray flowers, only disk flowers. Flora of North America reference. |
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Navajo Tea Family:
Sunflower (Asteraceae) Grows from 4"-16" tall, this plant was about 4". Flower heads ½"-1 ½" across with 8 ray flowers around the yellow disk flowers.
Flora of North America reference. |
