Asteraceae Ageratina herbacea (Gray) King & H.E. Robins.
Fragrant Snakeroot
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Febrifuge
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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Ageratina herbacea (Gray) King & H.E. Robins.
Scientific name: Ageratina herbacea (Gray) King & H.E. Robins.
USDA symbol: AGHE5 (
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Common names: Fragrant Snakeroot
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Cold infusion taken and used as lotion for fever.
RECRD: 85975 id: 1893