Ericaceae Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng.

Kinnikinnick

Cheyenne - Other, Smoke Plant

Use documented by:
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 25

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Scientific name: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng.
USDA symbol: ARUV (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Kinnikinnick
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Cheyenne
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Smoke Plant
Notes: Leaves dried, mixed with red willow bark and used for pipe smoking.

RECRD: 44708 id: 4546

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