Asteraceae Verbesina encelioides ssp. exauriculata (Robins. & Greenm.) J.R. Coleman
Golden Crownbeard
Navajo, Ramah - Other, Ceremonial Items
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 54
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Verbesina encelioides ssp. exauriculata (Robins. & Greenm.) J.R. Coleman
Scientific name: Verbesina encelioides ssp. exauriculata (Robins. & Greenm.) J.R. Coleman
USDA symbol: VEENE2 (
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Common names: Golden Crownbeard
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Used to make antelope prayer stick in Plumeway.
RECRD: 10650 id: 42902