​Spiny Blue Bowls, Desert Blue Gilia, Bluebowls
Giliastrum acerosum
Phlox Family (Polemoniaceae)

Found in dry, open, gravelly areas
Seen blooming in April in Poshuouinge, Santa Fe NF

Although it grows only three to six inches tall Spiny Blue Bowls are noticeable because of their deep blue flowers. Flowers are ½ inch across with a bright yellow center. Leaves are needle-like and stems woody. Native Americans massaged the crushed plant on cramping muscles. Source.
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​Newberry’s Milkvetch
Astragalus newberryi var. newberryi
Pea Family (Fabaceae)

Found in sandy, dry areas
Seen blooming in April on Chimney Rock Trail at Ghost Ranch

This beautiful little plant grows low to the ground with 5 to 11 silky leaflets. Flowers are showy, bright pink/purple with a lighter center and are over one inch long. Seed pods are curved and covered in silky, white hairs. Traditional uses for Newberry’s Milkvetch are unknown, but other Milkvetch species have uses. The plant is considered poisonous, especially to stock and horses, however medicinally; a decoction of the whole plant was used as a wash for the head, hair and whole body, for stomach disorders, as a gargle for sore throats, a poultice of crushed leaves applied to a lame back, applied as an ointment for animals with urination troubles, roots were chewed as a cathartic, an infusion of root was used as a wash for sores and as a wash for granulated eyelids and toothaches, also plants were used as a ceremonial emetic, the seeds used for food, and pounded seeds mixed with other foods and used as a spice. Source.
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