Asteraceae Thymophylla pentachaeta var. pentachaeta

Fiveneedle Pricklyleaf

Navajo, Kayenta - Other, Hunting & Fishing Item

Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 46

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Scientific name: Thymophylla pentachaeta var. pentachaeta
USDA symbol: THPEP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Fiveneedle Pricklyleaf
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Hunting & Fishing Item
Notes: Plant eaten or used as lotion by hunters so deer cannot smell them.

RECRD: 85202 id: 40298

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