Cryptantha crassisepala

Cryptantha crassisepala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: (unplaced)
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Cryptantha
Species: C. crassisepala
Binomial name
Cryptantha crassisepala
Greene

Cryptantha crassisepala (common name thicksepal catseye) is a plant found in the southwestern United States.

Uses

Among the Zuni people, a hot infusion of the pulverized plant is applied to limbs for fatigue.[1]

References

  1. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p. 45)


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