Polemoniaceae Phlox caespitosa Nutt.

Tufted Phlox

Navajo - Drug, Cathartic

Use documented by:
Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 162

View all documented uses for Phlox caespitosa Nutt.

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Scientific name: Phlox caespitosa Nutt.
USDA symbol: PHCA7 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Tufted Phlox
Family: Polemoniaceae
Family (APG): Polemoniaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cathartic
Notes: Plant used as a cathartic.

RECRD: 90989 id: 26438

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