Brassicaceae Lesquerella rectipes Woot. & Standl.
Straight Bladderpod
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Eye 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 29
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Lesquerella rectipes Woot. & Standl.
Scientific name: Lesquerella rectipes Woot. & Standl.
USDA symbol: LERE3 (
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Common names: Straight Bladderpod
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Eye Medicine
Notes: Cold infusion of plant used as a ceremonial eyewash.
RECRD: 88631 id: 19978