Scrophulariaceae Penstemon eatonii Gray

Eaton's Penstemon

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Disinfectant

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 42

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Scientific name: Penstemon eatonii Gray
USDA symbol: PEEAE2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Eaton's Penstemon
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Family (APG): Orobanchaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Disinfectant
Notes: Plant used as a fumigant and Lightning infection emetic.

RECRD: 90955 id: 25873

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