Nyctaginaceae Abronia fragrans Nutt. ex Hook.

Snowball Sand Verbena

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Oral 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 26

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Scientific name: Abronia fragrans Nutt. ex Hook.
USDA symbol: ABFR2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Snowball Sand Verbena
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Family (APG): Nyctaginaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Oral Aid
Notes: Cold infusion used as lotion for sores or sore mouth.

RECRD: 80129 id: 362

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