Berberidaceae Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx.

Blue Cohosh

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 335

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Scientific name: Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx.
USDA symbol: CATH2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Blue Cohosh
Family: Berberidaceae
Family (APG): Berberidaceae
Native American Tribe: Omaha
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Plant used as a fever medicine.

RECRD: 83595 id: 8582

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