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Oenothera pallida Lindl.
Pale Eveningprimrose
USDA OEPAP
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Plant used as a Beadway emetic.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 34
Oenothera pallida Lindl.
Pale Eveningprimrose
USDA OEPAP
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Dermatological Aid
Plant used as dusting powder for venereal disease sores.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 34
Oenothera pallida Lindl.
Pale Eveningprimrose
USDA OEPAP
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of plant applied to spider bites.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 34
Oenothera pallida Lindl.
Pale Eveningprimrose
USDA OEPAP
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Emetic
Plant used as a Beadway emetic.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 34
Oenothera pallida Lindl.
Pale Eveningprimrose
USDA OEPAP
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Kidney Aid
Infusion of plant used for kidney disease.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 34
Oenothera pallida Lindl.
Pale Eveningprimrose
USDA OEPAP
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Venereal Aid
Plant used as dusting powder for venereal disease sores.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 34
Oenothera pallida Lindl.
Pale Eveningprimrose
USDA OEPAP
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Veterinary Aid
Plant used for livestock with colic.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 34
Oenothera pallida ssp. pallida
Pale Eveningprimrose
USDA OEPAP
Hopi Other, Ceremonial Items
Used ceremonially as the White Flower associated with the northeast direction.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 86
Oenothera pallida ssp. runcinata (Engelm.) Munz & W. Klein
Pale Eveningprimrose
USDA OEPAR
Hopi Other, Ceremonial Items
Used ceremonially as the White Flower associated with the northeast direction.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 86
Oenothera pallida ssp. runcinata (Engelm.) Munz & W. Klein
Pale Eveningprimrose
USDA OEPAR
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Plant used as a ceremonial emetic.
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 38
Oenothera pallida ssp. runcinata (Engelm.) Munz & W. Klein
Pale Eveningprimrose
USDA OEPAR
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Emetic
Plant used as a ceremonial emetic.
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 38
Oenothera pallida ssp. runcinata (Engelm.) Munz & W. Klein
Pale Eveningprimrose
USDA OEPAR
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Snake Bite Remedy
Decoction of root and leaves used as a lotion for snake bites.
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 38
Oenothera pallida ssp. runcinata (Engelm.) Munz & W. Klein
Pale Eveningprimrose
USDA OEPAR
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Throat Aid
Soaked plant rubbed on throat and infusion taken for sore throat.
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 38