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Psilostrophe tagetina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Psilostrophe
Species:	P. tagetina
Binomial name
Psilostrophe tagetina (Nutt.) Greene
Varieties
Psilostrophe tagetina var. cerifera Psilostrophe tagetina var. tagetina

Psilostrophe tagetina is a flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name woolly paperflower. It is native to Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and northwestern Mexico.

Uses

Ramah Navajo use a strong infusion as cathartic, also used to treat stomachache, as an eyewash, as a lotion for itching, or in cold infusion gargled or in poultice of leaves applied for sore throat. Keres, Zuni and White Mountain Apache use flowers to make yellow dye. Zuni also make a compound poultice of root to treat rattlesnake bite.

References

1. "PLANTS Profile Psilostrophe tagetina (Nutt.) Greene woolly paperflower | USDA". Natural Resource Conservation Service. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
2. "Psilostrophe tagetina". University of Michigan Dearborn. Retrieved 27 April 2011.

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