Asteraceae Antennaria rosea Greene

Rosy Pussytoes

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 75

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Scientific name: Antennaria rosea Greene
USDA symbol: ANROR (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Rosy Pussytoes
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Roots dried, powdered, put into hot coals at winter dance & smoke used to drive away bad spirits.

RECRD: 12408 id: 3622

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