Asteraceae Erigeron linearis (Hook.) Piper
Desert Yellow Fleabane
Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
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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Erigeron linearis (Hook.) Piper
Scientific name: Erigeron linearis (Hook.) Piper
USDA symbol: ERLI (
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Common names: Desert Yellow Fleabane
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Tuberculosis Remedy
Notes: Decoction of whole plant taken for tuberculosis.
RECRD: 12476 id: 13760