Asteraceae Grindelia nuda var. aphanactis (Rydb.) Nesom

Curlytop Gumweed

Navajo, Ramah - Other, Insecticide

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: Other
Use sub-category: Insecticide
Notes: Strong infusion of plant poured on ant hill to kill ants.

RECRD: 86903 id: 16191

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