Biology:Pluchea sericea
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Pluchea |
| Species: | P. sericea
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| Binomial name | |
| Pluchea sericea Nutt.
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Pluchea sericea, commonly called arrowweed or cachanilla (Mexico), is a rhizomatous evergreen shrub of riparian areas in the lower Sonoran Desert and surrounding areas. It is common in the lower Colorado River valley of California , Nevada and Arizona, as far east as Texas , and in northern Mexico where it often forms dense impenetrable thickets. It is a perennial shrub and grows along watercourses.[1]
Uses
It was once used medicinally by Native Americans as an antidiarrheal and eyewash. Other traditional uses include thatching, arrowmaking and food, especially the edible root.[2]
In other uses, the gum resin that exudes from the plant was used by the Papago Indians to make a mending glue on broken pottery.[3]
References
- ↑ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PLSE.
- ↑ "BRIT - Native American Ethnobotany Database". http://naeb.brit.org/redirect/?referer=.
- ↑ Fontana, Bernard L.; Robinson, William J.; Cormack, Charles W.; Leavitt, Earnest E. (1962) (in en). Papago Indian Pottery. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, on behalf of the American Ethnological Society. p. 81. OCLC 869680.
External links
- Calflora: Pluchea sericea (Arrow weed, Arrowweed)
- Jepson eFlora (TJM2) treatment
- USDA Plants Profile
- UC CalPhotos gallery
Wikidata ☰ Q9061152 entry
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