Fabaceae Astragalus pattersonii Gray
Patterson's Milkvetch
Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Eye Medicine
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
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Astragalus pattersonii Gray
Scientific name: Astragalus pattersonii Gray
USDA symbol: ASPA14 (
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Common names: Patterson's Milkvetch
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Eye Medicine
Notes: Plant used for any disease of the eyes.
RECRD: 82860 id: 6532