Lamiaceae Dracocephalum parviflorum Nutt.
American Dragonhead
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Eye Medicine
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 41
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Dracocephalum parviflorum Nutt.
Scientific name: Dracocephalum parviflorum Nutt.
USDA symbol: DRPA2 (
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Common names: American Dragonhead
Family: Lamiaceae
Family (APG): Lamiaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Eye Medicine
Notes: Cold infusion of leaves used as an eyewash.
RECRD: 85179 id: 12673