Onagraceae Oenothera caespitosa ssp. marginata (Nutt. ex Hook. & Arn.) Munz

Tufted Eveningprimrose

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 37

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Scientific name: Oenothera caespitosa ssp. marginata (Nutt. ex Hook. & Arn.) Munz
USDA symbol: OECAM4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Tufted Eveningprimrose
Family: Onagraceae
Family (APG): Onagraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Panacea
Notes: Poultice of plant or root used only for large swellings, a 'life medicine.'

RECRD: 90363 id: 24296

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