Brassicaceae Rorippa palustris ssp. hispida (Desv.) Jonsell

Hispid Yellowcress

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 29

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Scientific name: Rorippa palustris ssp. hispida (Desv.) Jonsell
USDA symbol: ROPAH (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Hispid Yellowcress
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Plant used in ceremonial eyewash.

RECRD: 93744 id: 33855

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