Polygonaceae Eriogonum alatum Torr.

Winged Buckwheat

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Dermatological Aid

Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 19

View all documented uses for Eriogonum alatum Torr.

---

Scientific name: Eriogonum alatum Torr.
USDA symbol: ERALA2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Winged Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Plant used as a lotion for rashes.

RECRD: 85710 id: 13938

---