Iridaceae Sisyrinchium campestre Bickn.

Prairie Blueeyed Grass

Meskwaki - Drug, Respiratory 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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Scientific name: Sisyrinchium campestre Bickn.
USDA symbol: SICA9 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Prairie Blueeyed Grass
Family: Iridaceae
Family (APG): Iridaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Respiratory Aid
Notes: Decoction of whole plant used for hay fever.

RECRD: 95275 id: 38119

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