Asteraceae Machaeranthera canescens ssp. canescens var. canescens

Cutleaf Goldenweed

Navajo - Drug, Throat Aid

Use documented by:
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 82

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Scientific name: Machaeranthera canescens ssp. canescens var. canescens
USDA symbol: MACAC3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Cutleaf Goldenweed
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Throat Aid
Notes: Dried and pulverized plant used as a snuff for throat troubles.

RECRD: 82736 id: 21712

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