Brassicaceae Lepidium montanum Nutt.
Mountain Pepperweed
Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 24
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Lepidium montanum Nutt.
Scientific name: Lepidium montanum Nutt.
USDA symbol: LEMOM (
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Common names: Mountain Pepperweed
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gastrointestinal Aid
Notes: Plant used for biliousness and gastro-intestinal disorders.
RECRD: 88597 id: 19928