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Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
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Cahuilla Fiber, Building Material
Long, slender, pliable stems with leaves interwoven with stronger materials into walls of houses.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 105
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
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Cahuilla Fiber, Building Material
Long, slender, pliable stems with leaves used as a roofing material.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 105
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
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Cahuilla Fiber, Building Material
Used in the construction of ramadas, windbreaks, fences and granaries.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 105
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
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Cahuilla Food, Unspecified
Roots roasted and eaten.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 105
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
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Cahuilla Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Used to make arrow shafts.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 105
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
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Havasupai Drug, Throat Aid
Leaves chewed or boiled for throat irritations.
Spier, Leslie, 1928, Havasupai Ethnography, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History 29(3):101-123, 284-285, page 285
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
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Havasupai Fiber, Building Material
Plant used for thatch in building houses.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 249
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
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Havasupai Fiber, Furniture
Straight stems used to form the back of the cradleboard.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 249
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
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Havasupai Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Stems used to make arrows, especially for children.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 249
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
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Havasupai Other, Tools
Sticks used to peg a hide to the ground while stretching it during tanning.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 249
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
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Hualapai Fiber, Building Material
Shafts used to make thatch for houses.
Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 27
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
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Hualapai Fiber, Furniture
Shafts used to make cradleboard beds.
Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 27
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
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Hualapai Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Shafts used to make cradleboard beds, arrow shafts and thatch for houses.
Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 27
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
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Luiseno Fiber, Building Material
Plant formerly used to roof houses.
Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 228
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
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Luiseno Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Plant sometimes used to make arrows.
Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 228
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
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Luiseno Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Plant used to make arrows.
Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 206
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
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Paiute Drug, Antidiarrheal
Decoction of root taken for diarrhea, especially bloody diarrhea.
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 120
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
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Paiute Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Raw root chewed or decoction of root taken for indigestion.
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 120
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
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Papago Other, Tools
Used as a spindle for spinning cotton.
Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 59
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
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Pima Drug, Antidiarrheal
Decoction of roots taken for diarrhea.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 105
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
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Pima Drug, Dermatological Aid
Infusion of root bark used as a wash for the face and sore eyes.
Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 79
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
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Pima Drug, Eye Medicine
Decoction of roots used for sore eyes.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 105
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
USDA PLSE
Pima Drug, Eye Medicine
Infusion of bark used as a wash for the face and sore eyes.
Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 79
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
USDA PLSE
Pima Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Decoction of roots taken for stomachaches.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 105
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
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Pima Drug, Pediatric Aid
Poultice of roots applied to soothe nervous child that cried while sleeping.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 105
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
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Pima Drug, Sedative
Poultice of roots applied to soothe nervous child that cried while sleeping.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 105
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
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Pima Drug, Veterinary Aid
Poultice of chewed roots applied to snakebites on horses.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 105
Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville
Arrowweed
USDA PLSE
Pima Food, Forage
Plants browsed by deer, horses and cattle.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 105