Rosaceae Argentina egedii ssp. egedii

Eged's Pacific Silverweed

Kwakiutl - Drug, Eye Medicine

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 289

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Scientific name: Argentina egedii ssp. egedii
USDA symbol: AREGE (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Eged's Pacific Silverweed
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Eye Medicine
Notes: Root juice used as a wash for inflamed eyes.

RECRD: 92283 id: 4781

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