Scrophulariaceae Penstemon jamesii Benth.

James' Beardtongue

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Ceremonial 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 jamesii Benth.
USDA symbol: PEJA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: James' Beardtongue
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Family (APG): Orobanchaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Plant used ceremonially for headache and sore throat.

RECRD: 90973 id: 25924

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