Liliaceae Zigadenus elegans Pursh
Mountain Deathcamas
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Dermatological 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 21
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Zigadenus elegans Pursh
Scientific name: Zigadenus elegans Pursh
USDA symbol: ZIELE (
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Common names: Mountain Deathcamas
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Cold infusion of plant used as a lotion for mad coyote bite.
RECRD: 97574 id: 44551