Saxifragaceae Heuchera parvifolia Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray

Littleleaf Alumroot

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Venereal 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 29, 30

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Scientific name: Heuchera parvifolia Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray
USDA symbol: HEPAP6 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Littleleaf Alumroot
Family: Saxifragaceae
Family (APG): Saxifragaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Venereal Aid
Notes: Infusion of root used as a lotion for venereal disease.

RECRD: 87427 id: 17110

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