Orchidaceae Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb.
Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper
Cherokee - Drug, Analgesic
Use documented by:
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 42
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Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb.
Scientific name: Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb.
USDA symbol: CYPA19 (
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Common names: Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper
Family: Orchidaceae
Family (APG): Orchidaceae
Native American Tribe: Cherokee
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Analgesic
Notes: Root used for neuralgia and other pain and infusion taken for 'rupture pains.'
RECRD: 84853 id: 11929