Asteraceae Artemisia tridentata Nutt.
Big Sagebrush
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Cough Medicine
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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Artemisia tridentata Nutt.
Scientific name: Artemisia tridentata Nutt.
USDA symbol: ARTRT (
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Common names: Big Sagebrush
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cough Medicine
Notes: Decoction of leaves taken for 'big cough.'
RECRD: 82327 id: 5675