Asteraceae Matricaria discoidea DC.

Disc Mayweed

Diegueno - Drug, Febrifuge

Use documented by:
Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 25

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Scientific name: Matricaria discoidea DC.
USDA symbol: MADI6 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Disc Mayweed
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Diegueno
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Decoction of plant mixed with mallow & elderberry blossoms & used as an enema for babies with fever.

RECRD: 2487 id: 22490

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