Linaceae Linum puberulum (Engelm.) Heller

Plains Flax

Zuni - Drug, Eye Medicine

Use documented by:
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 56

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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: Zuni
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Eye Medicine
Notes: Berry juice squeezed into eye for inflammation.

RECRD: 88794 id: 20441