Asteraceae Matricaria discoidea DC.

Disc Mayweed

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Love Medicine

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 84

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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: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Love Medicine
Notes: Tops and human hair buried on range to prevent loved ones or relations from going away.

RECRD: 12490 id: 22518

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