Peyote
Plants that we identify with places: Peyote.
Lophophora williamsii
Family: Cactaceae
FEATURES
HABITAT
It is distributed in the northern states, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas and Tamaulipas. It grows wild in highland desert regions on limestone terrain, on rocky hills, and on steep river banks, especially along the Rio Grande basin.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The great ethnobotanical relevance of this plant is due to its high content of alkaloids, among which the psychoactive substance known as mescaline stands out, the latter with antiseptic properties.
REFERENCES:
García Naranjo Ortiz de la Huerta, Alejandra, y María del Carmen Mandujano. Patrón de distribución espacial y nodricismo del peyote (Lophophora williamsii) en Cuatrociénegas, México. Distrito Federal: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2010. https://biblat.unam.mx/hevila/Cactaceasysuculentasmexicanas/2010/vol55/no2/1.pdf Narváez Elizondo, Raúl E., Luis Encarnación Silva Martínez, y William Breen Murray. “El brebaje del desierto: usos del peyote (Lophophora williamsii, Cactaceae) entre los cazadores-recolectores de Nuevo León”. Herbario CICY 10: 186-196 (2018), https://www.cicy.mx/Documentos/CICY/Desde_Herbario/2018/2018-08-30-RNarvaez-El-brebaje-deldesierto.pdf (Consultado el 25 de mayo de 2022)