Ipomopsis multiflora
| Ipomopsis multiflora | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Polemoniaceae |
| Genus: | Ipomopsis |
| Species: | I. multiflora |
| Binomial name | |
| Ipomopsis multiflora (Nutt.) V.E.Grant | |
Ipomopsis multiflora (common name manyflowered gilia or manyflowered ipomopsis), is a plant. Among the Zuni people, the powdered whole plant is applied to face for headache, and it is also applied to wounds. The crushed blossoms are smoked in corn husks to "relieve strangulation".[1]
References
- ↑ Stevenson, Matilda Coxe (1915). Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30. p. 52.
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