Fabaceae Psoralidium lanceolatum (Pursh) Rydb.

Lemon Scurfpea

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Dermatological Aid

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 29

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Scientific name: Psoralidium lanceolatum (Pursh) Rydb.
USDA symbol: PSLA3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Lemon Scurfpea
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Plant used as a lotion and poultice of plant applied to itch and sores.

RECRD: 92794 id: 31357