Scrophulariaceae Verbascum thapsus L.

Common Mullein

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Psychological Aid

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 45

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Scientific name: Verbascum thapsus L.
USDA symbol: VETH (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Mullein
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Family (APG): Orobanchaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Psychological Aid
Notes: Dried leaves smoked in corn husk 'to clear the mind if lost.'

RECRD: 96986 id: 42832

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