Iridaceae Sisyrinchium campestre Bickn.
Prairie Blueeyed Grass
Meskwaki - Drug, Gynecological Aid
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: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Compound decoction of plant base taken by women for injured womb.
RECRD: 95274 id: 38118