Brassicaceae Lepidium lasiocarpum Nutt.

Shaggyfruit Pepperweed

Navajo - Drug, Disinfectant

Use documented by:
Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 153

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Scientific name: Lepidium lasiocarpum Nutt.
USDA symbol: LELAL (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Shaggyfruit Pepperweed
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Disinfectant
Notes: Plant used as a 'disinfectant.'

RECRD: 88596 id: 19926

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