Asteraceae Vanclevea stylosa (Eastw.) Greene

Pillar False Gumweed

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Dermatological 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 51

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Scientific name: Vanclevea stylosa (Eastw.) Greene
USDA symbol: VAST3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Pillar False Gumweed
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Compound poultice of plants applied to tarantula or solpugid (wind scorpion) bites.

RECRD: 96833 id: 42573

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