Rosaceae Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC.

Antelope Bitterbrush

Paiute, Northern - Drug, Anthelmintic

Use documented by:
Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 126

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Scientific name: Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC.
USDA symbol: PUTR2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Antelope Bitterbrush
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Paiute, Northern
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Anthelmintic
Notes: Decoction of sun dried leaves taken for intestinal worms.

RECRD: 9002 id: 31708

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