Asteraceae Erigeron divergens Torr. & Gray

Spreading Fleabane

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Disinfectant

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: Erigeron divergens Torr. & Gray
USDA symbol: ERDI4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Spreading Fleabane
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Disinfectant
Notes: Cold infusion of plant taken and used as a lotion for 'lightning infection.'

RECRD: 85575 id: 13731

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