Asteraceae Heterotheca villosa var. villosa
Hairy Goldenaster
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Heart 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 49
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Heterotheca villosa var. villosa
Scientific name: Heterotheca villosa var. villosa
USDA symbol: HEVIV (
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Common names: Hairy Goldenaster
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Heart Medicine
Notes: Plant used as an 'aorta medicine.'
RECRD: 83985 id: 17016