Asteraceae Senecio spartioides var. multicapitatus (Greenm. ex Rydb.) Welsh

Ragwort Groundsel

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Cathartic

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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Scientific name: Senecio spartioides var. multicapitatus (Greenm. ex Rydb.) Welsh
USDA symbol: SESPM (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Ragwort Groundsel
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cathartic
Notes: Decoction of root taken as a cathartic.

RECRD: 95112 id: 37690

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