Asteraceae Baccharis wrightii Gray
Wright's Baccharis
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Venereal Aid
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 49
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Baccharis wrightii Gray
Scientific name: Baccharis wrightii Gray
USDA symbol: BAWR (
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Common names: Wright's Baccharis
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Venereal Aid
Notes: Strong decoction of plant taken in large amounts for sexual infection.
RECRD: 82935 id: 6815