Asteraceae Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana

Foothill Sagewort

Omaha - Drug, Febrifuge

Use documented by:
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 334

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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: Omaha
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Decoction of leaves used as a bath for fevers.

RECRD: 82173 id: 5445

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