Asteraceae Eupatorium purpureum L.

Sweetscented Joepyeweed

Potawatomi - Drug, Burn Dressing

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 52

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Scientific name: Eupatorium purpureum L.
USDA symbol: EUPUP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Sweetscented Joepyeweed
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Burn Dressing
Notes: Poultice of fresh leaves applied to burns.

RECRD: 86091 id: 14567

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