Asteraceae Townsendia incana Nutt.

Hoary Townsendia

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Gynecological Aid

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 50

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Scientific name: Townsendia incana Nutt.
USDA symbol: TOIN (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Hoary Townsendia
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Plant used to expedite labor.

RECRD: 96275 id: 40428