Boraginaceae Cryptantha fendleri (Gray) Greene
Sanddune Catseye
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Cough 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 40
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Cryptantha fendleri (Gray) Greene
Scientific name: Cryptantha fendleri (Gray) Greene
USDA symbol: CRFE3 (
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Common names: Sanddune Catseye
Family: Boraginaceae
Family (APG): Boraginaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cough Medicine
Notes: Decoction of plant taken for coughs.
RECRD: 84718 id: 11537