Eriogonum jamesii
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Eriogonum jamesii is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name James' buckwheat and antelope sage. It is native to the southwestern United States, being found in: Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Nebraska.
Uses
The Navajo people have used Eriogonum jamesii as an oral contraceptive.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110723181953/http://www.powersource.com/cherokee/herbal.html archive.org Cherokee Messenger: Native American Herbal Remedies] Among the Zuni people, the root is soaked in water and used as a wash for sore eyes. The fresh or dried root is also eaten for stomachaches.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.378) The root is carried in the mouth for a sore tongue and then buried in a river bottom.Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p.50) The ground blossom powder is given to ceremonial dancers impersonating anthropic gods to bring rain.Stevenson, p.91
References
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External links
- [http://www.plantsystematics.org/reveal/pbio/eriog/oligogonum/jamesii.html description] at the University of Maryland, College Park PlantSystematics.org
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080829004249/http://swcoloradowildflowers.com/Yellow%20Enlarged%20Photo%20Pages/eriogonum.htm images] from Four Corners Wildflowers
- [http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Eriogonum+jamesii Plants for a Future entry]
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Category:Flora of the Southwestern United States
Category:Flora of the Rocky Mountains
Category:Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
Category:Plants used in traditional Native American medicine
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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