Fabaceae Peteria scoparia Gray
Rush Peteria
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 33
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Peteria scoparia Gray
Scientific name: Peteria scoparia Gray
USDA symbol: PESC3 (
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Common names: Rush Peteria
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Cold infusion of root used by family to protect hogan and livestock.
RECRD: 91099 id: 26219