Pluchea sericea
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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 was once used medicinally by Native Americans as an antidiarrheal and eyewash. Other traditional uses include thatching, arrowmaking and food, especially the edible root.[1]
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- Calflora: Pluchea sericea (Arrow weed, Arrowweed)
- Jepson eFlora (TJM2) treatment
- USDA Plants Profile
- UC CalPhotos gallery
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Categories:
- Pluchea
- Flora of Northwestern Mexico
- Flora of California
- Flora of the South-Central United States
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Plants used in Native American cuisine
- Plants used in traditional Native American medicine
- Asteroideae stubs