Asteraceae Stephanomeria exigua Nutt.
Small Wirelettuce
Hopi - Drug, Venereal Aid
Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 35, 97
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Stephanomeria exigua Nutt.
Scientific name: Stephanomeria exigua Nutt.
USDA symbol: STEXE (
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Common names: Small Wirelettuce
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Venereal Aid
Notes: Plant used as a diuretic for venereal disease.
RECRD: 95731 id: 38904