Iridaceae Sisyrinchium montanum Greene
Mountain Blueeyed Grass
Iroquois - Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy
Use documented by:
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 288
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Sisyrinchium montanum Greene
Scientific name: Sisyrinchium montanum Greene
USDA symbol: SIMOM (
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Common names: Mountain Blueeyed Grass
Family: Iridaceae
Family (APG): Iridaceae
Native American Tribe: Iroquois
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Misc. Disease Remedy
Notes: Decoction taken for fevers such as malaria and scarlet fever but not typhoid.
RECRD: 95277 id: 38121