Caryophyllaceae Cerastium beeringianum Cham. & Schlecht.

Bering Chickweed

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Veterinary 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 26

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Scientific name: Cerastium beeringianum Cham. & Schlecht.
USDA symbol: CEBEB4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Bering Chickweed
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Family (APG): Caryophyllaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Veterinary Aid
Notes: Cold infusion of plant used for sheep or horses with eye troubles.

RECRD: 83713 id: 8854

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