Caryophyllaceae Silene laciniata ssp. greggii (Gray) C.L. Hitchc. & Maguire

Gregg's Campion

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Burn Dressing

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 27

View all documented uses for Silene laciniata ssp. greggii (Gray) C.L. Hitchc. & Maguire

---

Scientific name: Silene laciniata ssp. greggii (Gray) C.L. Hitchc. & Maguire
USDA symbol: SILAG2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Gregg's Campion
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Family (APG): Caryophyllaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Burn Dressing
Notes: Poultice of leaves applied to burns.

RECRD: 95180 id: 37985

---