Hydrophyllaceae Hydrophyllum virginianum L.

Shawnee Salad

Ojibwa - Food, Fodder

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 419

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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: Food
Use sub-category: Fodder
Notes: Root chopped and put into pony feed to make them grow fat and have glossy hair.

RECRD: 162 id: 17548

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