Asteraceae Eupatorium perfoliatum L.

Common Boneset

Meskwaki - Drug, Snake Bite Remedy

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 214

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Scientific name: Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
USDA symbol: EUPEP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Boneset
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Snake Bite Remedy
Notes: Root used for snakebite.

RECRD: 86020 id: 14516