Scrophulariaceae Veronica peregrina ssp. xalapensis (Kunth) Pennell

Hairy Purslane Speedwell

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Emetic

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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Scientific name: Veronica peregrina ssp. xalapensis (Kunth) Pennell
USDA symbol: VEPEX2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Hairy Purslane Speedwell
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Family (APG): Orobanchaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Plant used as a ceremonial emetic.

RECRD: 97081 id: 42962

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