Pluchea sericea

Pluchea sericea

Taxobox
name = "Pluchea sericea"



regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
genus = "Pluchea"
species = "P. sericea"
binomial = "Pluchea sericea"
binomial_authority = Nutt.
synonyms =

"Pluchea sericea", commonly called Arrowweed, is a plant of the Sonoran Desert once used medicinally as a dermitalogical aid, gastrointestinal aid, antidiarrheal, and throat aid. Other traditional uses include thatching, arrow making and cooking of the edible root.

References

[http://herb.umd.umich.edu/] [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=6654]


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