Orchidaceae Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb.
Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper
Iroquois - Drug, Febrifuge
Use documented by:
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 288
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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: Iroquois
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Compound decoction taken for fever.
RECRD: 84864 id: 11939