Orchidaceae Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis (Bigelow) Luer

Northern Slender Ladiestresses

Ojibwa - Drug, Hunting Medicine

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 431

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Scientific name: Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis (Bigelow) Luer
USDA symbol: SPLAG (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Northern Slender Ladiestresses
Family: Orchidaceae
Family (APG): Orchidaceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Hunting Medicine
Notes: Roots used as an ingredient of the hunting charm to bring game to the hunter.

RECRD: 248 id: 38761

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