Linaceae Linum puberulum (Engelm.) Heller
Plains Flax
Apache, White Mountain - Drug, Eye Medicine
Use documented by:
Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 158
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Linum puberulum (Engelm.) Heller
Scientific name: Linum puberulum (Engelm.) Heller
USDA symbol: LIPU4 (
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Common names: Plains Flax
Family: Linaceae
Family (APG): Linaceae
Native American Tribe: Apache, White Mountain
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Eye Medicine
Notes: Berry juice used as an eye medicine.
RECRD: 88790 id: 20436