Verbenaceae Verbena macdougalii Heller

Macdougal Verbena

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Ceremonial 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 41

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Scientific name: Verbena macdougalii Heller
USDA symbol: VEMA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Macdougal Verbena
Family: Verbenaceae
Family (APG): Verbenaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Plant used in various ceremonial ways as a lotion and fumigant.

RECRD: 97028 id: 42885