Asteraceae Conyza canadensis var. canadensis

Canadian Horseweed

Meskwaki - Drug, Diaphoretic

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 213

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Scientific name: Conyza canadensis var. canadensis
USDA symbol: COCAC3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Canadian Horseweed
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Diaphoretic
Notes: Used as a steaming agent in sweatbath.

RECRD: 85546 id: 10612

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