Asteraceae Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby
Broom Snakeweed
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Urinary Aid
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 51
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Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby
Scientific name: Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby
USDA symbol: GUSA2 (
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Common names: Broom Snakeweed
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Urinary Aid
Notes: Decoction of root taken for painful urination.
RECRD: 86994 id: 16331