Brassicaceae Draba reptans (Lam.) Fern.

Carolina Whitlowgrass

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Dermatological Aid

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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Scientific name: Draba reptans (Lam.) Fern.
USDA symbol: DRRE2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Carolina Whitlowgrass
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Poultice of crushed leaves applied to sores.

RECRD: 85173 id: 12666

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