Rosaceae Potentilla hippiana var. hippiana

Woolly Cinquefoil

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Gynecological 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

View all documented uses for Potentilla hippiana var. hippiana

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Scientific name: Potentilla hippiana var. hippiana
USDA symbol: POHIH (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Woolly Cinquefoil
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Plant used to expedite childbirth.

RECRD: 92298 id: 29845

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