Asteraceae Sanvitalia abertii Gray
Albert's Creeping Zinnia
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Toothache Remedy
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 53
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Sanvitalia abertii Gray
Scientific name: Sanvitalia abertii Gray
USDA symbol: SAAB (
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Common names: Albert's Creeping Zinnia
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Toothache Remedy
Notes: Leaves chewed for toothache.
RECRD: 94884 id: 37117