Solanaceae Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple
Paiute, Northern - Drug, Hallucinogen
Use documented by:
Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 126
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Datura wrightii Regel
Scientific name: Datura wrightii Regel
USDA symbol: DAWR2 (
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Common names: Sacred Thornapple
Family: Solanaceae
Family (APG): Solanaceae
Native American Tribe: Paiute, Northern
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Hallucinogen
Notes: Roots eaten to discover things or see things that could not be seen with ordinary powers.
RECRD: 9010 id: 12222