Lamiaceae Stachys aspera Michx.
Smooth Hedgenettle
Meskwaki - Drug, Emetic
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 227
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Stachys aspera Michx.
Scientific name: Stachys aspera Michx.
USDA symbol: STTE (
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Common names: Smooth Hedgenettle
Family: Lamiaceae
Family (APG): Lamiaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Infusion of leaves given as an emetic.
RECRD: 95709 id: 38805