Brassicaceae Arabis sparsiflora Nutt.
Sicklepod Rockcress
Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Eye Medicine
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 91
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Arabis sparsiflora Nutt.
Scientific name: Arabis sparsiflora Nutt.
USDA symbol: ARSPS2 (
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Common names: Sicklepod Rockcress
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Eye Medicine
Notes: Infusion of whole plant used as an eyewash for sore eyes.
RECRD: 12531 id: 3986