Asteraceae Artemisia tridentata Nutt.

Big Sagebrush

Thompson - Drug, Panacea

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 172

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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: Thompson
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Panacea
Notes: Dried branch smoke used to fumigate the house, to protect the inhabitants against sickness.

RECRD: 32527 id: 5800

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