Asteraceae Coreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria
Golden Tickseed
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Panacea
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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Coreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria
Scientific name: Coreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria
USDA symbol: COTIT (
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Common names: Golden Tickseed
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Panacea
Notes: Root used as a 'life medicine.'
RECRD: 84425 id: 10730