Asteraceae Chaetopappa ericoides (Torr.) Nesom

Rose Heath

Hopi - Drug, Panacea

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 95

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Scientific name: Chaetopappa ericoides (Torr.) Nesom
USDA symbol: CHER2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Rose Heath
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Panacea
Notes: Root used as a universal panacea.

RECRD: 82796 id: 9033