Scrophulariaceae Melampyrum lineare Desr.

Narrowleaf Cowwheat

Ojibwa - Drug, Eye Medicine

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 389

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Scientific name: Melampyrum lineare Desr.
USDA symbol: MELIL3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Narrowleaf Cowwheat
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Family (APG): Orobanchaceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Eye Medicine
Notes: Infusion of plant used as a 'little medicine for the eyes.'

RECRD: 89517 id: 22541

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