English

sulphur flower (buckwheat)

Scientific Name

Eriogonum umbellatum and related

Arapaho

honookoxookunu’ (? )

Sulfur Flower and the Arapaho

Drug: gastrointestinal aid. Toll identifies the plant as “wild buckwheat” and says that it was used as a “root for colic.” Such a use is documented for Eriogonum umbellatum among the Navajo, Paiute, Cahuilla and Thompson.