Nyctaginaceae Abronia fragrans Nutt. ex Hook.
Snowball Sand Verbena
Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Panacea
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 21
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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, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Panacea
Notes: Plant used as a life medicine.
RECRD: 80127 id: 360