Asteraceae Matricaria discoidea DC.

Disc Mayweed

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Veterinary Aid

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

View all documented uses for Matricaria discoidea DC.

---

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: Veterinary Aid
Notes: Tops, horse & human hair & musk gland material buried on range to prevent horses from running away.

RECRD: 12489 id: 22519

---