Polemoniaceae Ipomopsis longiflora ssp. longiflora
Flaxflowered Gilia
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Ceremonial 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 40
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Ipomopsis longiflora ssp. longiflora
Scientific name: Ipomopsis longiflora ssp. longiflora
USDA symbol: IPLOL (
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Common names: Flaxflowered Gilia
Family: Polemoniaceae
Family (APG): Polemoniaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Plant used as ceremonial eyewash and chant lotion.
RECRD: 86673 id: 17991