Cryptantha cinerea
Cryptantha cinerea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | (unplaced) |
Family: | Boraginaceae |
Genus: | Cryptantha |
Species: | C. cinerea |
Binomial name | |
Cryptantha cinerea (Greene) Cronquist | |
Cryptantha cinerea (common name James' catseye) is a plant found in the United States.
Uses
Among the Zuni people, the powdered root of the jamesii variety is used to relieve a sore anus.[1]
References
- ↑ Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye 1980 A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388 (p. 374)
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