Asteraceae Artemisia tridentata Nutt.

Big Sagebrush

Paiute - Drug, Febrifuge

Use documented by:
Steward, Julian H., 1933, Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250, page 317

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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: Paiute
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Infusion of leaves taken to produce sweating during a fever.

RECRD: 82346 id: 5711

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