Caryophyllaceae Arenaria lanuginosa ssp. saxosa (Gray) Maguire
Spreading Sandwort
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 26
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Arenaria lanuginosa ssp. saxosa (Gray) Maguire
Scientific name: Arenaria lanuginosa ssp. saxosa (Gray) Maguire
USDA symbol: ARLAS (
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Common names: Spreading Sandwort
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Family (APG): Caryophyllaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Cold infusion used as lotion on forehead for fever.
RECRD: 81845 id: 4722