Brassicaceae Thlaspi montanum var. fendleri (Gray) P. Holmgren
Fendler's Pennycress
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Preventive Medicine
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 29
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Thlaspi montanum var. fendleri (Gray) P. Holmgren
Scientific name: Thlaspi montanum var. fendleri (Gray) P. Holmgren
USDA symbol: THMOF (
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Common names: Fendler's Pennycress
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Preventive Medicine
Notes: Cold infusion taken and used as lotion to prevent injury from deer.
RECRD: 96150 id: 39834