Poaceae Bromus tectorum L.

Cheatgrass

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Ceremonial 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 15

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Scientific name: Bromus tectorum L.
USDA symbol: BRTE (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Cheatgrass
Family: Poaceae
Family (APG): Poaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Infusion of plant used as a face wash for God-Impersonators.

RECRD: 83269 id: 7595

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