Fabaceae Dalea purpurea var. purpurea

Violet Prairieclover

Navajo - Drug, Pulmonary Aid

Use documented by:
Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 154

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Scientific name: Dalea purpurea var. purpurea
USDA symbol: DAPUP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Violet Prairieclover
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Pulmonary Aid
Notes: Plant used for pneumonia.

RECRD: 91078 id: 12026

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