Poaceae Dasyochloa pulchella (Kunth) Willd. ex Rydb.

Low Woollygrass

Havasupai - Drug, Laxative

Use documented by:
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 210

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Scientific name: Dasyochloa pulchella (Kunth) Willd. ex Rydb.
USDA symbol: DAPU7 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Low Woollygrass
Family: Poaceae
Family (APG): Poaceae
Native American Tribe: Havasupai
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Laxative
Notes: Decoction of blades taken as a laxative.

RECRD: 7180 id: 12082

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