Ranunculaceae Clematis ligusticifolia Nutt.
Western White 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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Clematis ligusticifolia Nutt.
Scientific name: Clematis ligusticifolia Nutt.
USDA symbol: CLLIL2 (
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Common names: Western White 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 against witches.
RECRD: 84194 id: 10232