Brassicaceae Arabis perennans S. Wats.

Perennial Rockcress

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Anticonvulsive

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 23

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Scientific name: Arabis perennans S. Wats.
USDA symbol: ARPE2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Perennial Rockcress
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Anticonvulsive
Notes: Plant used for hiccoughs caused by dry throat.

RECRD: 81539 id: 3980