Onagraceae Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri (Torr. & Gray) W. Dietr. & W.L. Wagner

Hooker's Eveningprimrose

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine

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 33

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Scientific name: Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri (Torr. & Gray) W. Dietr. & W.L. Wagner
USDA symbol: OEELH2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Hooker's Eveningprimrose
Family: Onagraceae
Family (APG): Onagraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Plant used as a Plumeway emetic.

RECRD: 90375 id: 24303

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