Poaceae Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum (Nash) Gould

Scribner's Rosette Grass

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 17

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Scientific name: Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum (Nash) Gould
USDA symbol: DIOLS (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Scribner's Rosette Grass
Family: Poaceae
Family (APG): Poaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Disinfectant
Notes: Decoction of plant used ceremonially for 'snake infection.'

RECRD: 90831 id: 12457

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