Asteraceae Artemisia dracunculus L.

Wormwood

Okanagan-Colville - Other, Insecticide

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 76

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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: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Insecticide
Notes: Branches with leaves used as an insect repellent & stopped flies from laying eggs in stored salmon.

RECRD: 12421 id: 5148

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