Hydrophyllaceae Hydrophyllum virginianum L.

Shawnee Salad

Ojibwa - Drug, Pediatric Aid

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 371

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Scientific name: Hydrophyllum virginianum L.
USDA symbol: HYVI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Shawnee Salad
Family: Hydrophyllaceae
Family (APG): Boraginaceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Pediatric Aid
Notes: Root used by men, women or children to 'keep flux in check.'

RECRD: 87590 id: 17547

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