Malvaceae Sphaeralcea fendleri Gray
Fendler's Globemallow
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Dermatological 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 36
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Sphaeralcea fendleri Gray
Scientific name: Sphaeralcea fendleri Gray
USDA symbol: SPFEF (
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Common names: Fendler's Globemallow
Family: Malvaceae
Family (APG): Malvaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Infusion of plant used as lotion for external injury.
RECRD: 95645 id: 38668