Berberidaceae Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don

Oregongrape

Navajo, Kayenta - Other, Ceremonial Items

Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 23

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Scientific name: Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
USDA symbol: MARE11 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Oregongrape
Family: Berberidaceae
Family (APG): Berberidaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Sprinkled on grass where lightning struck near livestock.

RECRD: 42001 id: 21995

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