Asteraceae Gaillardia aristata Pursh

Common Gaillardia

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Analgesic

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 84

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Scientific name: Gaillardia aristata Pursh
USDA symbol: GAAR (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Gaillardia
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Analgesic
Notes: Flowers used to 'paint' the body for pain.

RECRD: 12479 id: 15420