Loasaceae Mentzelia veatchiana Kellogg

Whitestem Blazingstar

Kawaiisu - Drug, Burn Dressing

Use documented by:
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 41

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Scientific name: Mentzelia veatchiana Kellogg
USDA symbol: MEVE5 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Whitestem Blazingstar
Family: Loasaceae
Family (APG): Loasaceae
Native American Tribe: Kawaiisu
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Burn Dressing
Notes: Pounded seeds made into a salve and rubbed on burned skin.

RECRD: 89719 id: 22935

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