Scrophulariaceae Cordylanthus wrightii Gray

Wright's Bird's Beak

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Gynecological Aid

Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 42

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Scientific name: Cordylanthus wrightii Gray
USDA symbol: COWRW (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Wright's Bird's Beak
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Family (APG): Orobanchaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Plant used for prolapses of the uterus.

RECRD: 84420 id: 10704