Asteraceae Machaeranthera tanacetifolia (Kunth) Nees

Tanseyleaf Aster

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Respiratory Aid

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 49

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Scientific name: Machaeranthera tanacetifolia (Kunth) Nees
USDA symbol: MATA2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Tanseyleaf Aster
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Respiratory Aid
Notes: Dried root used as snuff to cause sneezing to relieve congested nose.

RECRD: 82822 id: 21734

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