Scrophulariaceae Castilleja linariifolia Benth.

Wyoming Indian Paintbrush

Hopi - Drug, Contraceptive

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 35, 91

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Scientific name: Castilleja linariifolia Benth.
USDA symbol: CALI4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Wyoming Indian Paintbrush
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Family (APG): Orobanchaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Contraceptive
Notes: Decoction of plant used as a contraceptive.

RECRD: 83541 id: 8476

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