Brassicaceae Lepidium densiflorum Schrad.

Common Pepperweed

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 24

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Scientific name: Lepidium densiflorum Schrad.
USDA symbol: LEDED (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Pepperweed
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Sedative
Notes: Plant rubbed on baby's face to put infant to sleep.

RECRD: 88595 id: 19920

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