Oenothera coronopifolia

Oenothera coronopifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Oenothera
Species: O. coronopifolia
Binomial name
Oenothera coronopifolia
Torr. & A.Gray

Oenothera coronopifolia (common name crownleaf evening primrose) is a plant. The Zuni people apply a poultice of the powdered flower and saliva night to swellings.[1]

References

  1. Scott Camazine & Robert A. Bye (1980). "A study of the medical ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians of New Mexico". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 2 (4): 365–388. doi:10.1016/S0378-8741(80)81017-8. PMID 6893476.


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