Boraginaceae Lappula occidentalis var. occidentalis

Desert Stickseed

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 40

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Scientific name: Lappula occidentalis var. occidentalis
USDA symbol: LAOCO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Desert Stickseed
Family: Boraginaceae
Family (APG): Boraginaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Poultice of plant applied to sores caused by insects.

RECRD: 88426 id: 19474

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