Fabaceae Dalea candida var. candida
White Prairieclover
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Disinfectant
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 33
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Dalea candida var. candida
Scientific name: Dalea candida var. candida
USDA symbol: DACAC (
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Common names: White Prairieclover
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Disinfectant
Notes: Decoction of plant used for 'snake infection.'
RECRD: 91064 id: 11976