Biology:Cryptantha crassisepala

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Cryptantha crassisepala
Cryptanthacrassisepala.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
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)

Wikidata ☰ Q13904121 entry