Iridaceae Iris missouriensis Nutt.

Rocky Mountain Iris

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Emetic

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 21

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Scientific name: Iris missouriensis Nutt.
USDA symbol: IRMI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Rocky Mountain Iris
Family: Iridaceae
Family (APG): Iridaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Decoction of plant used as a ceremonial emetic.

RECRD: 87845 id: 18030

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