Asteraceae Packera neomexicana var. neomexicana
New Mexico Groundsel
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Hunting 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 53
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Packera neomexicana var. neomexicana
Scientific name: Packera neomexicana var. neomexicana
USDA symbol: PANEN (
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Common names: New Mexico Groundsel
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Hunting Medicine
Notes: Cold infusion used as lotion for good luck in hunting.
RECRD: 95124 id: 25306