Linaceae Linum australe Heller

Southern Flax

Hopi - Drug, Gynecological Aid

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 36, 83

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Scientific name: Linum australe Heller
USDA symbol: LIAUA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Southern Flax
Family: Linaceae
Family (APG): Linaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Decoction of plant taken and used as a wash to ease protracted labor.

RECRD: 88771 id: 20393

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