Brassicaceae Descurainia pinnata (Walt.) Britt.
Western Tansymustard
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Toothache Remedy
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 28
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Descurainia pinnata (Walt.) Britt.
Scientific name: Descurainia pinnata (Walt.) Britt.
USDA symbol: DEPIP3 (
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Common names: Western Tansymustard
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Toothache Remedy
Notes: Poultice of plant applied for toothache.
RECRD: 85047 id: 12354