Asteraceae Artemisia douglasiana Bess.

Douglas' Sagewort

Paiute, Northern - Drug, Cold Remedy

Use documented by:
Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 125

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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: Paiute, Northern
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cold Remedy
Notes: Branches put over a bed of ashes and slept on for colds.

RECRD: 8990 id: 5078