Fabaceae Astragalus humistratus var. sonorae (Gray) M.E. Jones

Groundcover Milkvetch

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Dermatological Aid

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 32

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Scientific name: Astragalus humistratus var. sonorae (Gray) M.E. Jones
USDA symbol: ASHUS (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Groundcover Milkvetch
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Dried plant used as a dusting powder for sores.

RECRD: 82847 id: 6500

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