Asteraceae Coreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria

Golden Tickseed

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Disinfectant

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 50

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Scientific name: Coreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria
USDA symbol: COTIT (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Golden Tickseed
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Disinfectant
Notes: Cold infusion of dried plant taken with salt for 'lightning infection.'

RECRD: 84424 id: 10729

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