Sarraceniaceae Sarracenia purpurea L.

Purple Pitcherplant

Menominee - Drug, Witchcraft Medicine

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 52, 53

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Scientific name: Sarracenia purpurea L.
USDA symbol: SAPUP6 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Purple Pitcherplant
Family: Sarraceniaceae
Family (APG): Sarraceniaceae
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Witchcraft Medicine
Notes: Plant thought to be used by sorcerers.

RECRD: 94906 id: 37197