Valerianaceae Valeriana uliginosa (Torr. & Gray) Rydb.

Mountain Valerian

Menominee - Drug, Hunting 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 57

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Scientific name: Valeriana uliginosa (Torr. & Gray) Rydb.
USDA symbol: VAUL2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Mountain Valerian
Family: Valerianaceae
Family (APG): Caprifoliaceae
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Hunting Medicine
Notes: Root chewed and spit on fishhook to lure fish to Indian, but not to white man.

RECRD: 96827 id: 42565

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