Scrophulariaceae Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw.

Culver's Root

Menominee - Drug, Ceremonial 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 53, 54

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Scientific name: Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw.
USDA symbol: VEVI4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Culver's Root
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Family (APG): Orobanchaceae
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Used as a 'reviver' to purify whoever had been defiled by touch of bereaved.

RECRD: 97123 id: 42998

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