Asteraceae Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana

Foothill Sagewort

Chippewa - Drug, Antidote

Use documented by:
Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 376

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Scientific name: Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana
USDA symbol: ARLUL2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Foothill Sagewort
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Chippewa
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antidote
Notes: Dried flowers placed on coals and the fumes used as an antidote to bad medicine.

RECRD: 43051 id: 5434