Fabaceae Astragalus bisulcatus var. haydenianus (Gray) Barneby

Hayden's Milkvetch

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Emetic

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 32

View all documented uses for Astragalus bisulcatus var. haydenianus (Gray) Barneby

---

Scientific name: Astragalus bisulcatus var. haydenianus (Gray) Barneby
USDA symbol: ASBIH (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Hayden's Milkvetch
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Fruit used as ceremonial emetic.

RECRD: 82843 id: 6451

---