Rosaceae Potentilla norvegica ssp. monspeliensis (L.) Aschers. & Graebn.

Norwegian Cinquefoil

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Venereal 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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Scientific name: Potentilla norvegica ssp. monspeliensis (L.) Aschers. & Graebn.
USDA symbol: PONOM (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Norwegian Cinquefoil
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Venereal Aid
Notes: Fumes from plant used for sexual infection.

RECRD: 92304 id: 29851

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