Asteraceae Wyethia mollis Gray

Woolly Wyethia

Shoshoni - Drug, Cathartic

Use documented by:
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 148149

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Scientific name: Wyethia mollis Gray
USDA symbol: WYMO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Woolly Wyethia
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Shoshoni
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cathartic
Notes: Decoction of root taken as a physic or emetic.

RECRD: 97406 id: 43629