Asteraceae Sonchus asper (L.) Hill

Spiny Sowthistle

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Heart Medicine

Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 50

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Scientific name: Sonchus asper (L.) Hill
USDA symbol: SOAS (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Spiny Sowthistle
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Heart Medicine
Notes: Plant smoked or taken for palpitations.

RECRD: 95590 id: 38503

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