Asteraceae Artemisia douglasiana Bess.

Douglas' Sagewort

Miwok - Drug, Witchcraft Medicine

Use documented by:
Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 167

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Scientific name: Artemisia douglasiana Bess.
USDA symbol: ARDO3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Douglas' Sagewort
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Miwok
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Witchcraft Medicine
Notes: Leaves rubbed on corpse handlers to ward off ghosts of the deceased.

RECRD: 20173 id: 5073