Brassicaceae Iodanthus pinnatifidus (Michx.) Steud.

Purplerocket

Meskwaki - Drug, Poultice

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 219

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Scientific name: Iodanthus pinnatifidus (Michx.) Steud.
USDA symbol: IOPI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Purplerocket
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Poultice
Notes: Poultice used on head of old man who is cold, to bring warmth to whole body.

RECRD: 87802 id: 17844

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