Boraginaceae Lappula occidentalis var. occidentalis

Desert Stickseed

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Dermatological 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 41

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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, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Cold infusion used as lotion for sores or swellings.

RECRD: 88427 id: 19475

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