Asteraceae Psilostrophe tagetina (Nutt.) Greene

Woolly Paperflower

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 52

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Scientific name: Psilostrophe tagetina (Nutt.) Greene
USDA symbol: PSTAT (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Woolly Paperflower
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cathartic
Notes: Strong infusion of plant taken as a cathartic.

RECRD: 92778 id: 31339

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