Agavaceae Yucca glauca Nutt.

Small Soapweed

Blackfoot - Drug, Hemostat

Use documented by:
Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 25

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Scientific name: Yucca glauca Nutt.
USDA symbol: YUGLG2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Small Soapweed
Family: Agavaceae
Family (APG): Asparagaceae
Native American Tribe: Blackfoot
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Hemostat
Notes: Poultice of grated roots applied to bleeding cuts.

RECRD: 60590 id: 44075