Rosaceae Petrophyton caespitosum var. caespitosum

Rocky Mountain Rockspirea

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine

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 27

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Scientific name: Petrophyton caespitosum var. caespitosum
USDA symbol: PECAC2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Rocky Mountain Rockspirea
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Plant used as a charm or prayer in the 'Pleiades rite.'

RECRD: 95673 id: 26237

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