Apiaceae Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.

Button Eryngo

Creek - Drug, Cathartic

Use documented by:
Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 655656

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Scientific name: Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
USDA symbol: ERYUY (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Button Eryngo
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Creek
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cathartic
Notes: Plant used as a physic called 'the war physic.'

RECRD: 85887 id: 14252

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