Rosaceae Filipendula rubra (Hill) B.L. Robins.

Queen Of The Prairie

Meskwaki - Drug, Heart Medicine

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 241242

View all documented uses for Filipendula rubra (Hill) B.L. Robins.

Scientific name: Filipendula rubra (Hill) B.L. Robins.
USDA symbol: FIRU2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Queen Of The Prairie
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Heart Medicine
Notes: Root used as an important medicine for various heart troubles.

RECRD: 86262 id: 14767