Brassicaceae Lesquerella intermedia (S. Wats.) Heller

Mid Bladderpod

Hopi - Drug, Snake Bite Remedy

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 32, 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: Snake Bite Remedy
Notes: Root eaten and poultice of chewed root used for snakebite.

RECRD: 88627 id: 19974