Fabaceae Oxytropis lambertii Pursh
Lambert's Crazyweed
Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Laxative
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 28
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Oxytropis lambertii Pursh
Scientific name: Oxytropis lambertii Pursh
USDA symbol: OXLAL2 (
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Common names: Lambert's Crazyweed
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Laxative
Notes: Plant used for constipation.
RECRD: 90707 id: 25244