Brassicaceae Pennellia micrantha (Gray) Nieuwl.
Mountain Mock Thelypody
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Toothache Remedy
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 29
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Pennellia micrantha (Gray) Nieuwl.
Scientific name: Pennellia micrantha (Gray) Nieuwl.
USDA symbol: PEMI7 (
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Common names: Mountain Mock Thelypody
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Toothache Remedy
Notes: Poultice of crushed, heated roots applied for toothache.
RECRD: 96134 id: 25806