Asteraceae Erigeron pumilus Nutt.

Shaggy Fleabane

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Eye Medicine

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 84

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Scientific name: Erigeron pumilus Nutt.
USDA symbol: ERPUP3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Shaggy Fleabane
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Eye Medicine
Notes: Infusion of roots used to wash the eyes as an 'eye tonic.'

RECRD: 12478 id: 13812

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