Cyperaceae Eriophorum callitrix Cham. ex C.A. Mey.

Arctic Cottongrass

Ojibwa - Drug, Hemostat

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 368

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Scientific name: Eriophorum callitrix Cham. ex C.A. Mey.
USDA symbol: ERCAC2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Arctic Cottongrass
Family: Cyperaceae
Family (APG): Cyperaceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Hemostat
Notes: Matted fuzz used as a 'hemostatic.'

RECRD: 85857 id: 14200

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