Rosaceae Potentilla norvegica ssp. monspeliensis (L.) Aschers. & Graebn.

Norwegian Cinquefoil

Ojibwa - Drug, Cathartic

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 384

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Scientific name: Potentilla norvegica ssp. monspeliensis (L.) Aschers. & Graebn.
USDA symbol: PONOM (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Norwegian Cinquefoil
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cathartic
Notes: Plant known to be a physic, even by the very young.

RECRD: 92305 id: 29852