Asteraceae Artemisia tridentata Nutt.
Big Sagebrush
Paiute - Other, Lighting
Use documented by:
Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 119
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Artemisia tridentata Nutt.
Scientific name: Artemisia tridentata Nutt.
USDA symbol: ARTRT (
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Common names: Big Sagebrush
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Paiute
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Lighting
Notes: Bark wound about a stick and used as a torch.
RECRD: 1582 id: 5733