Asteraceae Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers

Common Dandelion

Potawatomi - Drug, Tonic

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 54

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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: Potawatomi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Tonic
Notes: Root used as a bitter tonic.

RECRD: 95967 id: 39388

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