Asteraceae Dyssodia papposa (Vent.) A.S. Hitchc.

Fetid Marigold

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid

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: Dyssodia papposa (Vent.) A.S. Hitchc.
USDA symbol: DYPA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Fetid Marigold
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gastrointestinal Aid
Notes: Cold infusion of plant taken after swallowing a red ant.

RECRD: 85200 id: 12742

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