Liliaceae Trillium grandiflorum (Michx.) Salisb.

Snow Trillium

Potawatomi - Drug, Gynecological Aid

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 63

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Scientific name: Trillium grandiflorum (Michx.) Salisb.
USDA symbol: TRGR4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Snow Trillium
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Infusion of root taken for sore nipples and teats pierced with dog whisker.

RECRD: 96368 id: 40709