Native American Garden

Coyote Bush

Baccharis pilularis

The leaves of the coyote bush are small and jagged. The bush makes white seedheads in the late summer and fall.

Native Americans used the bush for starting fires. They also crushed the leaves and placed it on sores and wounds to heal them.

 


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