Boraginaceae Lithospermum multiflorum Torr. ex Gray
Manyflowered Gromwell
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Panacea
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 41
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Lithospermum multiflorum Torr. ex Gray
Scientific name: Lithospermum multiflorum Torr. ex Gray
USDA symbol: LIMU3 (
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Common names: Manyflowered Gromwell
Family: Boraginaceae
Family (APG): Boraginaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Panacea
Notes: Root used as a 'life medicine' and considered a 'big medicine.'
RECRD: 88862 id: 20604