Boraginaceae Lithospermum incisum Lehm.
Narrowleaf Gromwell
Zuni - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Use documented by:
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 56
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Lithospermum incisum Lehm.
Scientific name: Lithospermum incisum Lehm.
USDA symbol: LIIN2 (
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Common names: Narrowleaf Gromwell
Family: Boraginaceae
Family (APG): Boraginaceae
Native American Tribe: Zuni
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Salve of powdered root applied ceremonially to swelling of any body part.
RECRD: 88854 id: 20596