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Astragalus mollissimus Torr.
Woolly Milkvetch
USDA ASMOM5
Mahuna Drug, Poison
Plant considered poisonous.
Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 36
Astragalus mollissimus var. matthewsii (S. Wats.) Barneby
Matthews' Woolly Milkvetch
USDA ASMOM2
Navajo Other, Ceremonial Items
Used by the male and female shooters in the Lightning Chant.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 56
Astragalus mollissimus var. matthewsii (S. Wats.) Barneby
Matthews' Woolly Milkvetch
USDA ASMOM2
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Leaves used as a ceremonial emetic.
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 32
Astragalus mollissimus var. matthewsii (S. Wats.) Barneby
Matthews' Woolly Milkvetch
USDA ASMOM2
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Emetic
Leaves used as a ceremonial emetic.
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 32
Astragalus mollissimus var. matthewsii (S. Wats.) Barneby
Matthews' Woolly Milkvetch
USDA ASMOM2
Navajo, Ramah Food, Forage
Plant and roots eaten by sheep.
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 32