Asteraceae Machaeranthera canescens ssp. canescens var. canescens
Cutleaf Goldenweed
Navajo - Drug, Nose Medicine
Use documented by:
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 82
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Machaeranthera canescens ssp. canescens var. canescens
Scientific name: Machaeranthera canescens ssp. canescens var. canescens
USDA symbol: MACAC3 (
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Common names: Cutleaf Goldenweed
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Nose Medicine
Notes: Dried and pulverized plant used as a snuff for nose troubles.
RECRD: 82735 id: 21711