Asteraceae Erigeron canus Gray
Hoary Fleabane
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
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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Erigeron canus Gray
Scientific name: Erigeron canus Gray
USDA symbol: ERCA4 (
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Common names: Hoary Fleabane
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Plant used in ceremonial chant lotion.
RECRD: 85558 id: 13718