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Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri (Torr. & Gray) W. Dietr. & W.L. Wagner
Hooker's Eveningprimrose
USDA OEELH2
Jemez Other, Good Luck Charm
Root carried by deer hunters as a charm.
Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 25
Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri (Torr. & Gray) W. Dietr. & W.L. Wagner
Hooker's Eveningprimrose
USDA OEELH2
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Plant used as a Plumeway emetic.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 33
Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri (Torr. & Gray) W. Dietr. & W.L. Wagner
Hooker's Eveningprimrose
USDA OEELH2
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Cold Remedy
Plant used for colds.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 33
Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri (Torr. & Gray) W. Dietr. & W.L. Wagner
Hooker's Eveningprimrose
USDA OEELH2
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of plant applied to sores.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 33
Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri (Torr. & Gray) W. Dietr. & W.L. Wagner
Hooker's Eveningprimrose
USDA OEELH2
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Emetic
Plant used as a Plumeway emetic.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 33
Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri (Torr. & Gray) W. Dietr. & W.L. Wagner
Hooker's Eveningprimrose
USDA OEELH2
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy
Hot poultice of plant applied for mumps.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 33
Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri (Torr. & Gray) W. Dietr. & W.L. Wagner
Hooker's Eveningprimrose
USDA OEELH2
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Panacea
Poultice of root used only for large swellings, a 'life medicine.'
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 37
Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri (Torr. & Gray) W. Dietr. & W.L. Wagner
Hooker's Eveningprimrose
USDA OEELH2
Paiute Food, Unspecified
Species used for food.
Steward, Julian H., 1933, Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250, page 243
Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri (Torr. & Gray) W. Dietr. & W.L. Wagner
Hooker's Eveningprimrose
USDA OEELH2
Paiute Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Root rubbed on hunter's moccasins and body to attract deer.
Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 50
Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri (Torr. & Gray) W. Dietr. & W.L. Wagner
Hooker's Eveningprimrose
USDA OEELH2
Paiute Other, Protection
Root rubbed on hunter's moccasins and body to repel snakes.
Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 50
Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri (Torr. & Gray) W. Dietr. & W.L. Wagner
Hooker's Eveningprimrose
USDA OEELH2
Pomo, Kashaya Dye, Yellow
Flowers chewed with gum to make gum yellow.
Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 95
Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri (Torr. & Gray) W. Dietr. & W.L. Wagner
Hooker's Eveningprimrose
USDA OEELH2
Zuni Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
Poultice of powdered flower and saliva applied at night to swellings.
Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 377