Rosaceae Petrophyton caespitosum var. caespitosum
Rocky Mountain Rockspirea
Gosiute - Drug, Burn Dressing
Use documented by:
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 349
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Petrophyton caespitosum var. caespitosum
Scientific name: Petrophyton caespitosum var. caespitosum
USDA symbol: PECAC2 (
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Common names: Rocky Mountain Rockspirea
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Gosiute
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Burn Dressing
Notes: Poultice of boiled roots applied to burns.
RECRD: 95671 id: 26235