Scrophulariaceae Verbascum thapsus L.
Common Mullein
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Febrifuge
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 45
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Verbascum thapsus L.
Scientific name: Verbascum thapsus L.
USDA symbol: VETH (
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Common names: Common Mullein
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Family (APG): Orobanchaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Leaves smoked for fever.
RECRD: 96985 id: 42831