Liliaceae Calochortus gunnisonii S. Wats.

Gunnison's Mariposa Lily

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Gynecological 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 20

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Scientific name: Calochortus gunnisonii S. Wats.
USDA symbol: CAGUG (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Gunnison's Mariposa Lily
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Decoction of whole plant taken to ease delivery of placenta.

RECRD: 83297 id: 7724

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