Asteraceae Silphium laciniatum L.

Compassplant

Meskwaki - Drug, Emetic

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 216217

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Scientific name: Silphium laciniatum L.
USDA symbol: SILAL2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Compassplant
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Decoction of smaller roots taken as an emetic.

RECRD: 95207 id: 38007

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