Asteraceae Townsendia exscapa (Richards.) Porter

Stemless Townsendia

Navajo - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine

Use documented by:
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 89

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Scientific name: Townsendia exscapa (Richards.) Porter
USDA symbol: TOEX2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Stemless Townsendia
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Chewed and spit upon ceremonial knots to unravel them, 'untying medicine.'

RECRD: 3074 id: 40422

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