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Cryptantha crassisepala

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Species of flowering plant

Cryptantha crassisepala
Conservation status

Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

References

  1. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p. 45)
Taxon identifiers
Cryptantha crassisepala
Eritrichium crassisepalum


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