Scrophulariaceae Penstemon barbatus (Cav.) Roth

Beardlip Penstemon

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Cough 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 44

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Scientific name: Penstemon barbatus (Cav.) Roth
USDA symbol: PEBAB (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Beardlip Penstemon
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Family (APG): Orobanchaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cough Medicine
Notes: Decoction of plant taken for cough.

RECRD: 90937 id: 25823

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