Asteraceae Cirsium neomexicanum Gray

New Mexico Thistle

Navajo - Drug, Febrifuge

Use documented by:
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 96

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Scientific name: Cirsium neomexicanum Gray
USDA symbol: CINE (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: New Mexico Thistle
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Plant used for chills and fevers.

RECRD: 84117 id: 9963

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