Rosaceae Potentilla hippiana var. hippiana
Woolly Cinquefoil
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Dermatological Aid
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 31
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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, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Poultice of fresh leaves applied to injury.
RECRD: 92299 id: 29846