Brassicaceae Lesquerella intermedia (S. Wats.) Heller
Mid Bladderpod
Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Eye Medicine
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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Lesquerella intermedia (S. Wats.) Heller
Scientific name: Lesquerella intermedia (S. Wats.) Heller
USDA symbol: LEIN3 (
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Common names: Mid Bladderpod
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Eye Medicine
Notes: Poultice of roots applied to sore eyes.
RECRD: 88629 id: 19976