Asteraceae Petradoria pumila ssp. pumila
Grassy Rockgoldenrod
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Cathartic
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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Petradoria pumila ssp. pumila
Scientific name: Petradoria pumila ssp. pumila
USDA symbol: PEPUP (
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Common names: Grassy Rockgoldenrod
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cathartic
Notes: Strong decoction taken as a cathartic.
RECRD: 95550 id: 26230