Asteraceae Malacothrix fendleri Gray
Fendler's Desertdandelion
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Eye Medicine
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 52
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Malacothrix fendleri Gray
Scientific name: Malacothrix fendleri Gray
USDA symbol: MAFE (
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Common names: Fendler's Desertdandelion
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Eye Medicine
Notes: Cold infusion used as wash for sore eyes.
RECRD: 89407 id: 22181