Asteraceae Silphium perfoliatum L.

Cup Plant

Omaha - Drug, Cold Remedy

Use documented by:
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 334

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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: Omaha
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cold Remedy
Notes: Smoke from burning plant inhaled for head colds.

RECRD: 95236 id: 38040

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