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

Golden Crownbeard

Navajo, Ramah - Other, Protection

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: Protection
Notes: Flowers hung in the hogan or worn in a hat band as protection from lightning.

RECRD: 10652 id: 42905

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