Asteraceae Artemisia carruthii Wood ex Carruth.
Carruth's Sagewort
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Diaphoretic
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 48
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Artemisia carruthii Wood ex Carruth.
Scientific name: Artemisia carruthii Wood ex Carruth.
USDA symbol: ARCA14 (
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Common names: Carruth's Sagewort
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Diaphoretic
Notes: Leaves used in sweatbath medicine.
RECRD: 82015 id: 5042