Asteraceae Artemisia frigida Willd.

Fringed Sagewort

Potawatomi - Drug, Stimulant

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 49

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Scientific name: Artemisia frigida Willd.
USDA symbol: ARFR4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Fringed Sagewort
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Stimulant
Notes: Leaves and flowers fumed on live coals to revive comatose patient.

RECRD: 82097 id: 5293

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