Linaceae Linum puberulum (Engelm.) Heller

Plains Flax

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 35

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Scientific name: Linum puberulum (Engelm.) Heller
USDA symbol: LIPU4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Plains Flax
Family: Linaceae
Family (APG): Linaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gastrointestinal Aid
Notes: Infusion of plant taken to kill a swallowed red ant.

RECRD: 88792 id: 20439

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