Caryophyllaceae Silene douglasii var. douglasii

Douglas's Campion

Gosiute - Drug, Analgesic

Use documented by:
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 381

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Scientific name: Silene douglasii var. douglasii
USDA symbol: SIDOD (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Douglas's Campion
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Family (APG): Caryophyllaceae
Native American Tribe: Gosiute
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Analgesic
Notes: Warm infusion of pounded plant used as an emetic for stomach pain.

RECRD: 95191 id: 37974

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