Brassicaceae Erysimum capitatum (Dougl. ex Hook.) Greene

Sanddune Wallflower

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Gynecological 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, 29

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Scientific name: Erysimum capitatum (Dougl. ex Hook.) Greene
USDA symbol: ERCAC (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Sanddune Wallflower
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Whole plant chewed and blown over patient to aid in difficult labor.

RECRD: 85907 id: 14305

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