Scrophulariaceae Penstemon palmeri Gray

Palmer's Penstemon

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Snake Bite Remedy

Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 43

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Scientific name: Penstemon palmeri Gray
USDA symbol: PEPAP9 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Palmer's Penstemon
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Family (APG): Orobanchaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Snake Bite Remedy
Notes: Poultice of plant applied to snakebite sores.

RECRD: 90979 id: 25931