Asteraceae Machaeranthera grindelioides var. grindelioides

Rayless Aster

Hopi - Drug, Cough Medicine

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 35, 94

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Scientific name: Machaeranthera grindelioides var. grindelioides
USDA symbol: MAGRG (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Rayless Aster
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cough Medicine
Notes: Decoction of root taken for cough.

RECRD: 87117 id: 21728