Poaceae Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv.

Vanillagrass

Dakota - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine

Use documented by:
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 359

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Scientific name: Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv.
USDA symbol: HIALA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Vanillagrass
Family: Poaceae
Family (APG): Poaceae
Native American Tribe: Dakota
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Plant used in propitiatory rites.

RECRD: 87468 id: 17228

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