Asteraceae Artemisia tripartita ssp. tripartita

Idaho Threetip Sagebrush

Navajo - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine

Use documented by:
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 82

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Scientific name: Artemisia tripartita ssp. tripartita
USDA symbol: ARTRT2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Idaho Threetip Sagebrush
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Plant burned to charcoal & given to patient to blacken legs & forearms in Mountain Chant Ceremony.

RECRD: 3035 id: 5831

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