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Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Pursh) Rydb.
Slimflower Scurfpea
USDA PSTE5
Dakota Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
Compound decoction of root taken for consumption.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 93
Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Pursh) Rydb.
Slimflower Scurfpea
USDA PSTE5
Dakota Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
Decoction of plants taken for consumption.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 366
Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Pursh) Rydb.
Slimflower Scurfpea
USDA PSTE5
Dakota Fiber, Clothing
Plant tops used to make garlands worn like hats in hot weather.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 366
Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Pursh) Rydb.
Slimflower Scurfpea
USDA PSTE5
Dakota Fiber, Clothing
Plant tops used to make garlands worn on the head as protection from the sun on very hot days.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 93
Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Pursh) Rydb.
Slimflower Scurfpea
USDA PSTE5
Dakota Other, Protection
Plant tops used to make garlands worn on the head as protection from the sun on very hot days.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 93
Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Pursh) Rydb.
Slimflower Scurfpea
USDA PSTE5
Keres, Western Other, Unspecified
Taxon known and named but no use was specified.
Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 64
Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Pursh) Rydb.
Slimflower Scurfpea
USDA PSTE5
Kiowa Other, Cooking Tools
Stout stem used as a fork to eat buffalo steak.
Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 34
Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Pursh) Rydb.
Slimflower Scurfpea
USDA PSTE5
Lakota Drug, Analgesic
Infusion of roots used for headaches.
Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 48
Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Pursh) Rydb.
Slimflower Scurfpea
USDA PSTE5
Lakota Other, Insecticide
Plant smudge used against mosquitoes.
Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 48
Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Pursh) Rydb.
Slimflower Scurfpea
USDA PSTE5
Navajo Other, Smoke Plant
Leaves smoked by the masker after the feast celebrating the completion of masks for the Night Chant.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 58
Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Pursh) Rydb.
Slimflower Scurfpea
USDA PSTE5
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy
Infusion of plant taken or leaves smoked for influenza.
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 34
Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Pursh) Rydb.
Slimflower Scurfpea
USDA PSTE5
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Veterinary Aid
Plant used several ways for sheep with coughs.
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 34
Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Pursh) Rydb.
Slimflower Scurfpea
USDA PSTE5
Yavapai Food, Beverage
Used as ingredient of modern intoxicant made from mescal.
Gifford, E. W., 1936, Northeastern and Western Yavapai, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 34:247-345, page 257
Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Pursh) Rydb.
Slimflower Scurfpea
USDA PSTE5
Zuni Drug, Disinfectant
Poultice of moistened leaves applied to any body part for purification.
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 58