Gentianaceae Frasera albomarginata S. Wats.

Desert Elkweed

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 36

View all documented uses for Frasera albomarginata S. Wats.

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Scientific name: Frasera albomarginata S. Wats.
USDA symbol: FRAL5 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Desert Elkweed
Family: Gentianaceae
Family (APG): Gentianaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Poultice of plant applied to gunshot wounds.

RECRD: 95782 id: 15147

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