Liliaceae Trillium grandiflorum (Michx.) Salisb.
Snow Trillium
Menominee - Drug, Eye Medicine
Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 41
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Trillium grandiflorum (Michx.) Salisb.
Scientific name: Trillium grandiflorum (Michx.) Salisb.
USDA symbol: TRGR4 (
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Common names: Snow Trillium
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Eye Medicine
Notes: Poultice of grated, raw root applied to eye swellings.
RECRD: 96367 id: 40708