Asteraceae Artemisia carruthii Wood ex Carruth.

Carruth's Sagewort

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 48

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Scientific name: Artemisia carruthii Wood ex Carruth.
USDA symbol: ARCA14 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Carruth's Sagewort
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Branches used in Beautyway garment ceremony.

RECRD: 10619 id: 5047

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