Apiaceae Osmorhiza longistylis (Torr.) DC.

Longstyle Sweetroot

Meskwaki - Drug, Dietary Aid

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 249

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Scientific name: Osmorhiza longistylis (Torr.) DC.
USDA symbol: OSLO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Longstyle Sweetroot
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dietary Aid
Notes: Compound infusion of leaves taken 'to regain flesh and strength.'

RECRD: 90546 id: 24973

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