Asteraceae Sanvitalia abertii Gray

Albert's Creeping Zinnia

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Gynecological 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 53

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Scientific name: Sanvitalia abertii Gray
USDA symbol: SAAB (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Albert's Creeping Zinnia
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Compound decoction of plant used for menstrual pain.

RECRD: 94879 id: 37112

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