Asteraceae Baccharis sarothroides Gray

Desertbroom

Papago - Other, Weapon

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 71

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Scientific name: Baccharis sarothroides Gray
USDA symbol: BASA2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Desertbroom
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Papago
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Weapon
Notes: Wood used to make stone-tipped war arrows.

RECRD: 43678 id: 6805

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