Asteraceae Eupatorium serotinum Michx.
Lateflowering Thoroughwort
Houma - Drug, Febrifuge
Use documented by:
Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 64
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Eupatorium serotinum Michx.
Scientific name: Eupatorium serotinum Michx.
USDA symbol: EUSE2 (
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Common names: Lateflowering Thoroughwort
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Houma
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Decoction of flowers taken for typhoid fever.
RECRD: 86111 id: 14572