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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Antennaria rosea Greene
Scientific name: Antennaria rosea Greene
USDA symbol: ANROR (
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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 revive passed out dancers.
RECRD: 0 id: 3623