Asteraceae Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. nauseosa

Rubber Rabbitbrush

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Gynecological Aid

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 83

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Scientific name: Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. nauseosa
USDA symbol: ERNAN5 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Rubber Rabbitbrush
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Leaves used as a sanitary napkin particularly after childbirth, to 'heal the insides.'

RECRD: 12474 id: 13665

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