Asteraceae Tetraneuris argentea (Gray) Greene
Perkysue
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Disinfectant
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 47
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Tetraneuris argentea (Gray) Greene
Scientific name: Tetraneuris argentea (Gray) Greene
USDA symbol: TEAR4 (
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Common names: Perkysue
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Disinfectant
Notes: Plant used for 'coyote infection.'
RECRD: 87610 id: 39682