Apiaceae Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
Button Eryngo
Meskwaki - Drug, Urinary Aid
Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 248
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Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
Scientific name: Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
USDA symbol: ERYUY (
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Common names: Button Eryngo
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Urinary Aid
Notes: Root used for bladder trouble and as an antidote for poisons.
RECRD: 85899 id: 14264