Asteraceae Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fern.

Tall Blue Lettuce

Potawatomi - Drug, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 52

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Scientific name: Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fern.
USDA symbol: LABI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Tall Blue Lettuce
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Plant used as a medicine for unspecified illnesses.

RECRD: 88392 id: 19374