Plantaginaceae Plantago patagonica Jacq.
Woolly Plantain
Navajo, Ramah - Other, Ceremonial Items
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 45
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Plantago patagonica Jacq.
Scientific name: Plantago patagonica Jacq.
USDA symbol: PLPA2 (
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Common names: Woolly Plantain
Family: Plantaginaceae
Family (APG): Plantaginaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Infusion of root, leaves and seeds blown over rattle at beginning of hoof rattle song.
RECRD: 10602 id: 28498