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Campanula parryi

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Species of flowering plant

Campanula parryi
Conservation status

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Campanula
Species: C. parryi
Binomial name
Campanula parryi
A.Gray

Campanula parryi, or Parry's bellflower, is a plant.

Uses

It is used medicinally by the Zuni people. The blossoms are chewed, and the saliva is applied to the skin as a depilatory. A poultice of chewed root is also applied to bruises.

References

  1. NatureServe (2024). "Campanula parryi". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  2. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p. 44)
Taxon identifiers
Campanula parryi


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