Brassicaceae Arabis perennans S. Wats.
Perennial Rockcress
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Analgesic
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 28
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Arabis perennans S. Wats.
Scientific name: Arabis perennans S. Wats.
USDA symbol: ARPE2 (
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Common names: Perennial Rockcress
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Analgesic
Notes: Cold infusion taken and used as lotion for general body pain.
RECRD: 81541 id: 3982