Nyctaginaceae Abronia fragrans Nutt. ex Hook.
Snowball Sand Verbena
Navajo - Drug, Dermatological Aid
Use documented by:
Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 158
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Abronia fragrans Nutt. ex Hook.
Scientific name: Abronia fragrans Nutt. ex Hook.
USDA symbol: ABFR2 (
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Common names: Snowball Sand Verbena
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Family (APG): Nyctaginaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Plant used for boils.
RECRD: 80120 id: 353