Asteraceae Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis DC.

Western Yarrow

Ojibwa - Other, Smoke Plant

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 417

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Scientific name: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis DC.
USDA symbol: ACMIO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Western Yarrow
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Smoke Plant
Notes: Flower heads used in the kinnikinnick mixture smoked in medicine lodge ceremonies.

RECRD: 146 id: 1035