Asteraceae Artemisia dracunculus L.

Wormwood

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Dermatological Aid

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 dracunculus L.
USDA symbol: ARDR4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Wormwood
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Cold infusion used as lotion for cuts.

RECRD: 82115 id: 5137