Asteraceae Verbesina encelioides ssp. exauriculata (Robins. & Greenm.) J.R. Coleman

Golden Crownbeard

Navajo, Ramah - Other, Insecticide

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 54

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Scientific name: Verbesina encelioides ssp. exauriculata (Robins. & Greenm.) J.R. Coleman
USDA symbol: VEENE2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Golden Crownbeard
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Insecticide
Notes: Stem used to rid corn of cutworms. Put four worms into a hollow piece of dried stem about five inches long, take it to an ancient Pueblo ruin and stick it in the ground at the edge of the ruin. When the worms have disappeared bury the stem, cover it with a piece of old pottery and draw a line around it with an arrowhead.

RECRD: 10651 id: 42904

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