Asteraceae Grindelia nuda var. aphanactis (Rydb.) Nesom

Curlytop Gumweed

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Veterinary Aid

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 51

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Scientific name: Grindelia nuda var. aphanactis (Rydb.) Nesom
USDA symbol: GRNUA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Curlytop Gumweed
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Veterinary Aid
Notes: Cold infusion of plant given to lambs to kill a swallowed ant.

RECRD: 86905 id: 16190

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