Asteraceae Brickellia californica (Torr. & Gray) Gray
California Brickellbush
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Febrifuge
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 49
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Brickellia californica (Torr. & Gray) Gray
Scientific name: Brickellia californica (Torr. & Gray) Gray
USDA symbol: BRCAC (
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Common names: California Brickellbush
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Infusion of leaves taken and used as lotion for cough or fever.
RECRD: 83256 id: 7545