Ranunculaceae Ranunculus flabellaris Raf.

Yellow Water Buttercup

Meskwaki - Drug, Respiratory 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 239240

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Scientific name: Ranunculus flabellaris Raf.
USDA symbol: RAFL (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Yellow Water Buttercup
Family: Ranunculaceae
Family (APG): Ranunculaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Respiratory Aid
Notes: Compound containing leaves used as a snuff for catarrh and head cold.

RECRD: 93290 id: 32675

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