Polemoniaceae Gilia leptomeria Gray
Sand Gilia
Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Sedative
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 38
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Gilia leptomeria Gray
Scientific name: Gilia leptomeria Gray
USDA symbol: GILE3 (
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Common names: Sand Gilia
Family: Polemoniaceae
Family (APG): Polemoniaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Sedative
Notes: Plant used as a soporific.
RECRD: 86661 id: 15965