Asteraceae Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers

Common Dandelion

Algonquin, Quebec - Drug, Blood Medicine

Use documented by:
Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 242

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Scientific name: Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers
USDA symbol: TAOFO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Dandelion
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Algonquin, Quebec
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Blood Medicine
Notes: Greens eaten to purify the blood.

RECRD: 11160 id: 39332

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