Gentianaceae Frasera speciosa Dougl. ex Griseb.

Showy Frasera

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Psychological 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 39

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Scientific name: Frasera speciosa Dougl. ex Griseb.
USDA symbol: FRSP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Showy Frasera
Family: Gentianaceae
Family (APG): Gentianaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Psychological Aid
Notes: Dried leaves mixed with mountain tobacco and smoked to 'clear the mind if lost.'

RECRD: 95795 id: 15173

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