Brassicaceae Erysimum capitatum (Dougl. ex Hook.) Greene

Sanddune Wallflower

Zuni - Drug, Antirheumatic (External)

Use documented by:
Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 375

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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: Zuni
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antirheumatic (External)
Notes: Infusion of whole plant used for muscle aches.

RECRD: 21253 id: 14308

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