Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. mexicana
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Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. mexicana

Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. mexicana A member of the Aster Family, Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. ssp. mexicana (Willd. Ex Spreng.) D.D. Keck (known commonly as Mexican Wormwood and Western Mugwort) is found throughout the Southwestern United States in addition to both the dry and warm zones of Mexico.  In the monumental Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and…

Datura innoxia
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Datura innoxia

Datura innoxia According to Peter T. Furst, “Datura, toloache from the Nahuatl toloatzin, in Mexico and also in Indian California, was, and in many places still is, the ritual intoxicant of choice among native peoples of the Southwest and northwestern Mexico, including the Tepehuan.” Also called Mexican Thorn Apple, this plant was used by the…

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