Asteraceae Conyza canadensis var. canadensis

Canadian Horseweed

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Snake Bite Remedy

Use documented by:
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 50

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Scientific name: Conyza canadensis var. canadensis
USDA symbol: COCAC3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Canadian Horseweed
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Snake Bite Remedy
Notes: Cold infusion taken or used as lotion for snake bite.

RECRD: 85555 id: 10620

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