Onagraceae Oenothera albicaulis Pursh
Whitest Eveningprimrose
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
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 37
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Oenothera albicaulis Pursh
Scientific name: Oenothera albicaulis Pursh
USDA symbol: OEAL (
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Common names: Whitest Eveningprimrose
Family: Onagraceae
Family (APG): Onagraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Dried flowers used as ceremonial medicine.
RECRD: 90403 id: 24263