Asteraceae Silphium perfoliatum L.

Cup Plant

Ojibwa - Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal)

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 365

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Scientific name: Silphium perfoliatum L.
USDA symbol: SIPEP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Cup Plant
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antirheumatic (Internal)
Notes: Infusion of root taken for lumbago and other rheumatic back pains.

RECRD: 95229 id: 38033

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