Orobanchaceae Orobanche ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana

Sand Broomrape

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Dermatological Aid

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 43

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Scientific name: Orobanche ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana
USDA symbol: ORLUL2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Sand Broomrape
Family: Orobanchaceae
Family (APG): Orobanchaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Powdered plant applied to gunshot wounds.

RECRD: 90510 id: 24916