Asteraceae Artemisia absinthium L.

Absinth Sagewort

Okanagan-Colville - Other, Insecticide

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 75

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Scientific name: Artemisia absinthium L.
USDA symbol: ARAB3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Absinth Sagewort
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Insecticide
Notes: Branches used under mattresses as a repellent for bedbugs and other insect pests.

RECRD: 12411 id: 4949

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