Asteraceae Machaeranthera tanacetifolia (Kunth) Nees
Tanseyleaf Aster
Zuni - Drug, Unspecified
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 375
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Machaeranthera tanacetifolia (Kunth) Nees
Scientific name: Machaeranthera tanacetifolia (Kunth) Nees
USDA symbol: MATA2 (
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Common names: Tanseyleaf Aster
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Zuni
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Infusion of flowers taken with other flowers for unspecified illnesses.
RECRD: 21250 id: 21735