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Townsendia exscapa (Richards.) Porter
Stemless Townsendia
USDA TOEX2
Blackfoot Drug, Veterinary Aid
Decoction of roots given to tired horses to relieve them.
Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 61
Townsendia exscapa (Richards.) Porter
Stemless Townsendia
USDA TOEX2
Navajo Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Chewed and spit upon ceremonial knots to unravel them, 'untying medicine.'
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 89
Townsendia exscapa (Richards.) Porter
Stemless Townsendia
USDA TOEX2
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Gynecological Aid
Plant chewed or infusion taken to ease delivery.
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 54
Townsendia exscapa (Richards.) Porter
Stemless Townsendia
USDA TOEX2
Navajo, Ramah Other, Ceremonial Items
Pollen shaken from a horned toad pollen to unraveler string and used in unraveling ceremony.
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 54