Asteraceae Erigeron divergens Torr. & Gray
Spreading Fleabane
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Eye 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 divergens Torr. & Gray
Scientific name: Erigeron divergens Torr. & Gray
USDA symbol: ERDI4 (
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Common names: Spreading Fleabane
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Eye Medicine
Notes: Cold, compound infusion of plant used as an eyewash.
RECRD: 85576 id: 13732