Fabaceae Astragalus calycosus var. scaposus (Gray) M.E. Jones

Torrey's Milkvetch

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Other

Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 27

View all documented uses for Astragalus calycosus var. scaposus (Gray) M.E. Jones

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Scientific name: Astragalus calycosus var. scaposus (Gray) M.E. Jones
USDA symbol: ASCAS (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Torrey's Milkvetch
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Other
Notes: Plant used as a lotion for illness from exposure.

RECRD: 82828 id: 6455

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