Liliaceae Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum

Feather Solomon's Seal

Meskwaki - Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy

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 230231

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Scientific name: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum
USDA symbol: MARAR (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Feather Solomon's Seal
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Misc. Disease Remedy
Notes: Root cooked in kettle to prevent sickness during time of plague.

RECRD: 95296 id: 22098

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