Asteraceae Silphium integrifolium Michx.

Wholeleaf Rosinweed

Meskwaki - Drug, Kidney 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 216

View all documented uses for Silphium integrifolium Michx.

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Scientific name: Silphium integrifolium Michx.
USDA symbol: SIINI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Wholeleaf Rosinweed
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Kidney Aid
Notes: Root used for 'one with kidney trouble or who was crippled.'

RECRD: 95202 id: 38001

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