Scrophulariaceae Orthocarpus purpureoalbus Gray ex S. Wats.

Purplewhite Owlclover

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Cathartic

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 44

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Scientific name: Orthocarpus purpureoalbus Gray ex S. Wats.
USDA symbol: ORPU2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Purplewhite Owlclover
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Family (APG): Orobanchaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cathartic
Notes: Decoction of whole plant taken as a cathartic.

RECRD: 90514 id: 24924

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