Onagraceae Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri (Torr. & Gray) W. Dietr. & W.L. Wagner
Hooker's 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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Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri (Torr. & Gray) W. Dietr. & W.L. Wagner
Scientific name: Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri (Torr. & Gray) W. Dietr. & W.L. Wagner
USDA symbol: OEELH2 (
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Common names: Hooker's Eveningprimrose
Family: Onagraceae
Family (APG): Onagraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Panacea
Notes: Poultice of root used only for large swellings, a 'life medicine.'
RECRD: 90380 id: 24308