Lamiaceae Mentha arvensis L.

Canadian Mint

Paiute, Northern - Drug, Febrifuge

Use documented by:
Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 129

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Scientific name: Mentha arvensis L.
USDA symbol: MEAR4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Canadian Mint
Family: Lamiaceae
Family (APG): Lamiaceae
Native American Tribe: Paiute, Northern
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Plant spread out on the ground and lied on for a fever.

RECRD: 9066 id: 22739