Brassicaceae Draba helleriana Greene
Heller's Whitlowgrass
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
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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Draba helleriana Greene
Scientific name: Draba helleriana Greene
USDA symbol: DRHEH (
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Common names: Heller's Whitlowgrass
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Plant used in various ways as a ceremonial medicine.
RECRD: 85165 id: 12655