🪶Indigenous / Native American
Cliff Rose (Navajo Tea)
Purshia mexicana
About Cliff Rose (Navajo Tea)
Cliff Rose (Navajo Tea) (Purshia mexicana) is a herb used in the Indigenous / Native American tradition to help with Fever, Cough, Skin Health, and Wound Healing. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Purshia stansburyana is a species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common name Stansbury's cliffrose. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in woodlands, desert, and plateau habitat. It often grows anchored on cliffs and prefers rocky, granular soils, especially limestone.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · bothLeaves · both