Rosaceae Petrophyton caespitosum var. caespitosum

Rocky Mountain Rockspirea

Gosiute - Drug, Burn Dressing

Use documented by:
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 382

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Scientific name: Petrophyton caespitosum var. caespitosum
USDA symbol: PECAC2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Rocky Mountain Rockspirea
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Gosiute
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Burn Dressing
Notes: Boiled roots used as a salve for burns.

RECRD: 95670 id: 26234

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