Ranunculaceae Clematis hirsutissima Pursh

Hairy Clematis

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Witchcraft Medicine

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 27

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Scientific name: Clematis hirsutissima Pursh
USDA symbol: CLHIH (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Hairy Clematis
Family: Ranunculaceae
Family (APG): Ranunculaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Witchcraft Medicine
Notes: Cold infusion of plant or root taken and used as a lotion to protect from witches.

RECRD: 84216 id: 10205

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