Asteraceae Artemisia tridentata Nutt.
Big Sagebrush
Navajo, Ramah - Fiber, Brushes & Brooms
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: Fiber
Use sub-category: Brushes & Brooms
Notes: Leafy stems tied together with wire and used for brooms.
RECRD: 10626 id: 5680