Asteraceae Artemisia tridentata Nutt.

Big Sagebrush

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Snake Bite 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 45

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Scientific name: Artemisia tridentata Nutt.
USDA symbol: ARTRT (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Big Sagebrush
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Snake Bite Remedy
Notes: Infusion of plant taken and used as a lotion for water snake bites.

RECRD: 82325 id: 5673

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