Asteraceae Brickellia grandiflora (Hook.) Nutt.
Tasselflower Brickellbush
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
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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Brickellia grandiflora (Hook.) Nutt.
Scientific name: Brickellia grandiflora (Hook.) Nutt.
USDA symbol: BRGR (
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Common names: Tasselflower Brickellbush
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Plant used as a ceremonial emetic.
RECRD: 83260 id: 7559