Valerianaceae Valeriana uliginosa (Torr. & Gray) Rydb.

Mountain Valerian

Menominee - Drug, Sedative

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: Sedative
Notes: Plant used as a 'feeble sedative to the nervous system.'

RECRD: 96831 id: 42568

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