Rosaceae Potentilla arguta Pursh

Tall Cinquefoil

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Gynecological Aid

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 126

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Scientific name: Potentilla arguta Pursh
USDA symbol: POARA4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Tall Cinquefoil
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Infusion of roots taken by women after childbirth.

RECRD: 12852 id: 29820

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