Asteraceae Zinnia grandiflora Nutt.

Rocky Mountain Zinnia

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Analgesic

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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Scientific name: Zinnia grandiflora Nutt.
USDA symbol: ZIGR (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Rocky Mountain Zinnia
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Analgesic
Notes: Decoction of plant taken for stomachache, heartburn and as a cathartic.

RECRD: 97614 id: 44628

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