Brassicaceae Lepidium montanum Nutt.

Mountain Pepperweed

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Gastrointestinal 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 24

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Scientific name: Lepidium montanum Nutt.
USDA symbol: LEMOM (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Mountain Pepperweed
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gastrointestinal Aid
Notes: Plant used for biliousness and gastro-intestinal disorders.

RECRD: 88597 id: 19928

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