Boraginaceae Lappula occidentalis var. cupulata (Gray) Higgins

Flatspine Stickseed

Navajo - Drug, Gynecological Aid

Use documented by:
Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 153

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Scientific name: Lappula occidentalis var. cupulata (Gray) Higgins
USDA symbol: LAOCC (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Flatspine Stickseed
Family: Boraginaceae
Family (APG): Boraginaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Parts of the plant used at confinement.

RECRD: 88431 id: 19471

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