Asteraceae Malacothrix sonchoides (Nutt.) Torr. & Gray

Sowthistle Desertdandelion

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Antiemetic

Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 49

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Scientific name: Malacothrix sonchoides (Nutt.) Torr. & Gray
USDA symbol: MASO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Sowthistle Desertdandelion
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antiemetic
Notes: Plant used for vomiting.

RECRD: 89409 id: 22183

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