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Wyethia mollis Gray
Woolly Wyethia
USDA WYMO
Paiute, Northern Food, Winter Use Food
Seeds stored for winter use.
Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 47
Wyethia mollis Gray
Woolly Wyethia
USDA WYMO
Shoshoni Drug, Cathartic
Decoction of root taken as a physic or emetic.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 148149
Wyethia mollis Gray
Woolly Wyethia
USDA WYMO
Washo Drug, Cathartic
Decoction of root taken as a physic.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 148149
Wyethia mollis Gray
Woolly Wyethia
USDA WYMO
Washo Drug, Emetic
Decoction of root taken as an emetic.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 148149
Wyethia ovata Torr. & Gray ex Torr.
Southern Mulesears
USDA WYOV
Paiute Food, Unspecified
Species used for food.
Steward, Julian H., 1933, Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250, page 242
Wyethia scabra Hook.
Badlands Wyethia
USDA WYSCS
Hopi Drug, Emetic
Plant said to be a very strong, potentially lethal emetic.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 34, 99
Wyethia scabra Hook.
Badlands Wyethia
USDA WYSCS
Hopi Drug, Poison
Plant sometimes used as an emetic, but if not vomited it would kill the person.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 99
Wyethia scabra Hook.
Badlands Wyethia
USDA WYSCS
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Emetic
Plant used as an emetic for stomachaches.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 51
Wyethia scabra Hook.
Badlands Wyethia
USDA WYSCS
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Plant used as an emetic for stomachaches.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 51
Wyethia sp.
Narrow Leaf Wyethia
Pomo Food, Staple
Seeds used to make pinole.
Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 284