Caryophyllaceae Arenaria eastwoodiae Rydb.

Eastwood's Sandwort

Hopi - Drug, Emetic

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 34, 75-76

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Scientific name: Arenaria eastwoodiae Rydb.
USDA symbol: AREAE (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Eastwood's Sandwort
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Family (APG): Caryophyllaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Plant used as an emetic for the stomach.

RECRD: 81833 id: 4716