Asteraceae Achillea millefolium L.

Common Yarrow

Quileute - Drug, Febrifuge

Use documented by:
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 49

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Scientific name: Achillea millefolium L.
USDA symbol: ACMIM2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Yarrow
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Quileute
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Poultice of boiled leaves applied to rheumatic limbs for the fever.

RECRD: 80383 id: 941