Onagraceae Oenothera villosa ssp. strigosa (Rydb.) W. Dietr. & Raven

Hairy Eveningprimrose

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Hunting 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 38

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Scientific name: Oenothera villosa ssp. strigosa (Rydb.) W. Dietr. & Raven
USDA symbol: OEVIS (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Hairy Eveningprimrose
Family: Onagraceae
Family (APG): Onagraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Hunting Medicine
Notes: Dried leaves and tobacco smoked for good luck in hunting.

RECRD: 90396 id: 24344

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