Onagraceae Oenothera primiveris Gray
Desert Eveningprimrose
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Dermatological 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 38
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Oenothera primiveris Gray
Scientific name: Oenothera primiveris Gray
USDA symbol: OEPRP (
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Common names: Desert Eveningprimrose
Family: Onagraceae
Family (APG): Onagraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Poultice of plant applied to swellings.
RECRD: 90393 id: 24334