Asteraceae Grindelia nuda var. aphanactis (Rydb.) Nesom
Curlytop Gumweed
Zuni - Drug, Snake Bite Remedy
Use documented by:
Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 374
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Grindelia nuda var. aphanactis (Rydb.) Nesom
Scientific name: Grindelia nuda var. aphanactis (Rydb.) Nesom
USDA symbol: GRNUA (
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Common names: Curlytop Gumweed
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Zuni
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Snake Bite Remedy
Notes: Fresh or dried root chewed by medicine man before sucking snakebite and poultice applied to wound.
RECRD: 21243 id: 16193