Asteraceae Lactuca canadensis L.

Canada Lettuce

Menominee - Drug, Dermatological Aid

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 31

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Scientific name: Lactuca canadensis L.
USDA symbol: LACA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Canada Lettuce
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Milky juice of plant rubbed on poison ivy eruptions.

RECRD: 88404 id: 19387

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