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