Lamiaceae Physostegia parviflora Nutt. ex Gray

Western False Dragonhead

Meskwaki - Drug, Cold 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 226

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Scientific name: Physostegia parviflora Nutt. ex Gray
USDA symbol: PHPA10 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Western False Dragonhead
Family: Lamiaceae
Family (APG): Lamiaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cold Remedy
Notes: Infusion of leaves taken for bad cold.

RECRD: 91241 id: 26793

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