Pingue hymenoxys facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Hymenoxys richardsonii |
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Hymenoxys richardsonii (Hook.) Cockerell 1904
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Hymenoxys richardsonii (common names pingue hymenoxys and pingue rubberweed) is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is widespread across the western United States and western Canada from Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas north as far as Alberta and Saskatchewan.
- Varieties
- Hymenoxys richardsonii var. floribunda (A.Gray) K.F.Parker – Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Utah
- Hymenoxys richardsonii var. richardsonii – Alberta, Saskatchewan, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
Uses
Among the Zuni people of New Mexico, a poultice of the chewed root applied to sores and rashes, and an infusion of the root is used for stomachache.
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