Asteraceae Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. latisquamea (Gray) Nesom & Baird

Rubber Rabbitbrush

Isleta - Other, Weapon

Use documented by:
Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 26

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Scientific name: Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. latisquamea (Gray) Nesom & Baird
USDA symbol: ERNAL2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Rubber Rabbitbrush
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Isleta
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Weapon
Notes: Wood used to make poisonous war arrows which broke upon impact and could not be shot back.

RECRD: 30597 id: 13635

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