Brassicaceae Lesquerella intermedia (S. Wats.) Heller

Mid Bladderpod

Hopi - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 77

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Scientific name: Lesquerella intermedia (S. Wats.) Heller
USDA symbol: LEIN3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Mid Bladderpod
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Infusion of root taken as a ceremonial emetic.

RECRD: 88624 id: 19971