Loasaceae Mentzelia pumila Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray

Dwarf Mentzelia

Hopi - Drug, Toothache Remedy

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 85

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Scientific name: Mentzelia pumila Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray
USDA symbol: MEPUP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Dwarf Mentzelia
Family: Loasaceae
Family (APG): Loasaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Toothache Remedy
Notes: Plant used as 'a toothache medicine.'

RECRD: 89709 id: 22924

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