Rosaceae Potentilla hippiana var. hippiana
Woolly Cinquefoil
Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Dermatological Aid
Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 26
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Potentilla hippiana var. hippiana
Scientific name: Potentilla hippiana var. hippiana
USDA symbol: POHIH (
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Common names: Woolly Cinquefoil
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Powdered plant applied to sores caused by a bear.
RECRD: 92297 id: 29844