Ranunculaceae Myosurus apetalus var. borealis Whittemore
Bristle Mousetail
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 27
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Myosurus apetalus var. borealis Whittemore
Scientific name: Myosurus apetalus var. borealis Whittemore
USDA symbol: MYAPB (
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Common names: Bristle Mousetail
Family: Ranunculaceae
Family (APG): Ranunculaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Panacea
Notes: Plant used as 'life medicine.'
RECRD: 90044 id: 23555