Oenothera coronopifolia

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

Oenothera coronopifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Oenothera
Species:
O. coronopifolia
Binomial name
Oenothera coronopifolia

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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