Apocynaceae Amsonia tomentosa var. tomentosa

Woolly Bluestar

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: Amsonia tomentosa var. tomentosa
USDA symbol: AMTOT (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Woolly Bluestar
Family: Apocynaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
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: 81095 id: 3233

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