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Cryptantha crassisepala

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Cryptantha crassisepala

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Cryptantha
Species:
C. crassisepala
Binomial name
Cryptantha crassisepala

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)