Onagraceae Oenothera albicaulis Pursh

Whitest Eveningprimrose

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Throat Aid

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 37

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Scientific name: Oenothera albicaulis Pursh
USDA symbol: OEAL (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Whitest Eveningprimrose
Family: Onagraceae
Family (APG): Onagraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Throat Aid
Notes: Compound poultice of plant applied for 'throat trouble.'

RECRD: 90348 id: 24268

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