Asteraceae Artemisia tridentata Nutt.
Big Sagebrush
Paiute, Northern - Drug, Cold Remedy
Use documented by:
Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 125
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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, Northern
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cold Remedy
Notes: Branches put over a bed of ashes and slept on for colds.
RECRD: 8991 id: 5739