Iridaceae Sisyrinchium campestre Bickn.
Prairie Blueeyed Grass
Meskwaki - Drug, Analgesic
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 224
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Sisyrinchium campestre Bickn.
Scientific name: Sisyrinchium campestre Bickn.
USDA symbol: SICA9 (
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Common names: Prairie Blueeyed Grass
Family: Iridaceae
Family (APG): Iridaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Analgesic
Notes: Plant used for cramps and decoction used for hay fever.
RECRD: 95273 id: 38117