Asteraceae Artemisia tridentata Nutt.

Big Sagebrush

Paiute, Northern - Drug, Stimulant

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 128

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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, Northern
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Stimulant
Notes: Blossoms dipped in water and the blossomed branch used to comb the hair for fainting spells.

RECRD: 9032 id: 5748

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