Asteraceae Erigeron formosissimus Greene
Beautiful Fleabane
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Hunting Medicine
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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Erigeron formosissimus Greene
Scientific name: Erigeron formosissimus Greene
USDA symbol: ERFO3 (
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Common names: Beautiful Fleabane
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Hunting Medicine
Notes: Cold, compound infusion taken and used as lotion for good luck in hunting.
RECRD: 85585 id: 13758