Deerweed

Scientific: Acmispon glaber var. glaber 

Common: deerweed 

Español: Escoba del Horno 

Chumash ('alapkaswa'): ya’i 

The Chumash of the Santa Barbara area used the plant to thatch sweathouses. The Ventura Chumash used this plant to make brooms. They also used smoke from the burning plant to blacken rush (Juncus) leaves for basket making.  

Source: Chumash Ethnobotany: Plant Knowledge Among the Chumash People of Southern California by Jan Timbrook

'alapkaswa' refers to the local Chumash dialect spoken at the kaswa’ village near modern Hope Ranch.