Asteraceae Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. bigelovii (Gray) Nesom & Baird
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 46
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Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. bigelovii (Gray) Nesom & Baird
Scientific name: Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. bigelovii (Gray) Nesom & Baird
USDA symbol: ERNAB2 (
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Common names: Rubber Rabbitbrush
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Plant used as a ceremonial emetic.
RECRD: 84004 id: 13603