Chenopodium graveolens

Chenopodium graveolens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Chenopodium
Species: C. glaucum
Binomial name
Chenopodium glaucum
Willd.

Chenopodium graveolens (common name fetid goosefoot), is a plant found in the American southwest.

Uses

The Zuni people steep the plant in water and inhale the vapor to treat headaches.[1]

References

  1. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p. 45)


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, April 24, 2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.