Asteraceae Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt.

Pale Purple Coneflower

Dakota - Drug, Eye Medicine

Use documented by:
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 367

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Scientific name: Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt.
USDA symbol: ECPA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Pale Purple Coneflower
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Dakota
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Eye Medicine
Notes: Decoction of roots used for sore eyes.

RECRD: 85288 id: 12851

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