Cota

Apache: Tu’dilhili Bitaa Izee     Spanish : Té de cota

Other common names:  greenthread, Indian tea, Apache tea, Navajo tea, etc.

All of the Pueblo tribes, as well as the Apache & Navajo, used this plant to make a delicious tea especially in winter, sometimes mixed with mint leaves. It acts as a mild diuretic, aids stomach disorders, muscle cramps and colds (Dunmire 1995).

Other use: gold or yellow dye.

Found in the Medicinal Plant Garden at Silva Creek Botanical Garden 

Learn more about this plant at these websites:

https://wnmu.edu/academic/nspages/gilaflora/thelesperma_megapotamicum.html