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Petradoria pumila (Nutt.) Greene
Grassy Rockgoldenrod
USDA PEPUP
Navajo Dye, Yellow
Flowering tops mixed with wild rhubarb and used as a yellow dye.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 89
Petradoria pumila ssp. pumila
Grassy Rockgoldenrod
USDA PEPUP
Hopi Drug, Analgesic
Plant considered a good remedy for breast pain.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 98
Petradoria pumila ssp. pumila
Grassy Rockgoldenrod
USDA PEPUP
Hopi Drug, Breast Treatment
Plant used for breast pain and to dry up flow of milk.
Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 361
Petradoria pumila ssp. pumila
Grassy Rockgoldenrod
USDA PEPUP
Hopi Drug, Gynecological Aid
Plant used to decrease milk flow and ease breast pain.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 36, 98
Petradoria pumila ssp. pumila
Grassy Rockgoldenrod
USDA PEPUP
Hopi Other, Decorations
Used as prayer stick decorations.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 96
Petradoria pumila ssp. pumila
Grassy Rockgoldenrod
USDA PEPUP
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Dermatological Aid
Plant used for ant bites.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 50
Petradoria pumila ssp. pumila
Grassy Rockgoldenrod
USDA PEPUP
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Cathartic
Strong decoction taken as a cathartic.
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 53
Petradoria pumila ssp. pumila
Grassy Rockgoldenrod
USDA PEPUP
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Plant 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 53
Petradoria pumila ssp. pumila
Grassy Rockgoldenrod
USDA PEPUP
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Dermatological Aid
Cold infusion used as a lotion for injuries.
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 53
Petradoria pumila ssp. pumila
Grassy Rockgoldenrod
USDA PEPUP
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Emetic
Plant 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 53