Asteraceae Iva xanthifolia Nutt.
Giant Sumpweed
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Cough 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 52
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Iva xanthifolia Nutt.
Scientific name: Iva xanthifolia Nutt.
USDA symbol: IVXA (
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Common names: Giant Sumpweed
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cough Medicine
Notes: Infusion or decoction taken and used as lotion for cough.
RECRD: 87923 id: 18146