Chenopodiaceae Krascheninnikovia lanata (Pursh) A.D.J. Meeuse & Smit

Winterfat

Gosiute - Drug, Febrifuge

Use documented by:
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 369

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Scientific name: Krascheninnikovia lanata (Pursh) A.D.J. Meeuse & Smit
USDA symbol: KRLA2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Winterfat
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Family (APG): Amaranthaceae
Native American Tribe: Gosiute
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Plant used for intermittent fevers.

RECRD: 86222 id: 19332

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