Polygonaceae Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt.
Cushion Buckwheat
Gosiute - Drug, Eye Medicine
Use documented by:
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 369
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Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt.
Scientific name: Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt.
USDA symbol: EROVO5 (
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Common names: Cushion Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Gosiute
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Eye Medicine
Notes: Plant used as an eye medicine.
RECRD: 85797 id: 14105