Asteraceae Stephanomeria exigua Nutt.
Small Wirelettuce
Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy
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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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: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Misc. Disease Remedy
Notes: Plant used for measles.
RECRD: 95732 id: 38905