Rosaceae Purshia mexicana (D. Don) Henrickson
Mexican Cliffrose
Gosiute - Drug, Unspecified
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 367
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Purshia mexicana (D. Don) Henrickson
Scientific name: Purshia mexicana (D. Don) Henrickson
USDA symbol: PUME (
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Common names: Mexican Cliffrose
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Gosiute
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Leaves used as a medicine.
RECRD: 84655 id: 31622