Asteraceae Artemisia tridentata Nutt.

Big Sagebrush

Paiute - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine

Use documented by:
Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 119

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Scientific name: Artemisia tridentata Nutt.
USDA symbol: ARTRT (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Big Sagebrush
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Paiute
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Sagebrush used by dancers to pat themselves to be made spiritually clean, curing ceremonies.

RECRD: 1588 id: 5696

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