Asteraceae Hieracium fendleri Schultz-Bip.
Yellow Hawkweed
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Diuretic
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 52
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Hieracium fendleri Schultz-Bip.
Scientific name: Hieracium fendleri Schultz-Bip.
USDA symbol: HIFEF (
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Common names: Yellow Hawkweed
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Diuretic
Notes: Cold infusion of plant taken by hunters for anuria.
RECRD: 87454 id: 17171