Asteraceae Encelia frutescens var. resinosa M.E. Jones ex Blake

Button Brittlebush

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Dermatological Aid

Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 47

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Scientific name: Encelia frutescens var. resinosa M.E. Jones ex Blake
USDA symbol: ENFRR (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Button Brittlebush
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Plant used for shingles.

RECRD: 85332 id: 13104