Asteraceae Silphium perfoliatum L.

Cup Plant

Ojibwa - Drug, Hemostat

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: Hemostat
Notes: Plant used for hemorrhage.

RECRD: 95231 id: 38035

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