Asteraceae Psilostrophe tagetina (Nutt.) Greene

Woolly Paperflower

Zuni - Drug, Snake Bite Remedy

Use documented by:
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 53

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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: Zuni
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Snake Bite Remedy
Notes: Compound poultice of root applied with much ceremony to rattlesnake bite.

RECRD: 92784 id: 31345

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