| Polygonum amphibium var. emersum Michx. Longroot Smartweed USDA POAME |
Lakota Food, Unspecified Species used for food. 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 54 |
| Polygonum amphibium var. emersum Michx. Longroot Smartweed USDA POAME |
Meskwaki Drug, Antidiarrheal Infusion of leaves and stems used for children with flux. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 236 |
| Polygonum amphibium var. emersum Michx. Longroot Smartweed USDA POAME |
Meskwaki Drug, Gynecological Aid Compound decoction of root taken for injured womb. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 236 |
| Polygonum amphibium var. emersum Michx. Longroot Smartweed USDA POAME |
Meskwaki Drug, Oral Aid Root used for mouth sores. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 236 |
| Polygonum amphibium var. emersum Michx. Longroot Smartweed USDA POAME |
Meskwaki Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of leaves and stems used for children with flux. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 236 |
| Polygonum amphibium var. emersum Michx. Longroot Smartweed USDA POAME |
Ojibwa Drug, Analgesic Infusion of plant taken for stomach pain. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 381 |
| Polygonum amphibium var. emersum Michx. Longroot Smartweed USDA POAME |
Ojibwa Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Infusion of plant used for stomach pain. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 381 |
| Polygonum amphibium var. emersum Michx. Longroot Smartweed USDA POAME |
Ojibwa Drug, Hunting Medicine Dried flowers included in the hunting medicine and smoked to attract deer to the hunter. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 431 |
| Polygonum amphibium var. emersum Michx. Longroot Smartweed USDA POAME |
Ojibwa Drug, Hunting Medicine Plant used as hunting medicine. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 381 |
| Polygonum amphibium var. emersum Michx. Longroot Smartweed USDA POAME |
Sioux Food, Sauce & Relish Young shoots eaten in the spring as a relish. Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 18 |
| Polygonum amphibium var. stipulaceum Coleman Water Smartweed USDA POAMS |
Potawatomi Drug, Unspecified Root used for unspecified ailments. Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 72 |
| Polygonum careyi Olney Carey's Smartweed USDA POCA8 |
Potawatomi Drug, Cold Remedy Infusion of entire plant taken for cold accompanied by fever. Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 72 |
| Polygonum careyi Olney Carey's Smartweed USDA POCA8 |
Potawatomi Drug, Febrifuge Infusion of entire plant taken for cold accompanied by fever. Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 72 |
| Polygonum pensylvanicum L. Pennsylvania Smartweed USDA POPE2 |
Chippewa Drug, Anticonvulsive Infusion of plant tops taken for epilepsy. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 129 |
| Polygonum pensylvanicum L. Pennsylvania Smartweed USDA POPE2 |
Iroquois Drug, Veterinary Aid Decoction of plant given to horses for colic and 'when urine is bound up.' Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 314 |
| Polygonum pensylvanicum L. Pennsylvania Smartweed USDA POPE2 |
Menominee Drug, Antihemorrhagic Infusion of leaf taken for 'hemorrhage of blood from the mouth.' Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 47 |
| Polygonum pensylvanicum L. Pennsylvania Smartweed USDA POPE2 |
Menominee Drug, Gynecological Aid Compound infusion of leaf taken to aid post-partum healing. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 47 |
| Polygonum pensylvanicum L. Pennsylvania Smartweed USDA POPE2 |
Meskwaki Drug, Antidiarrheal Used to wipe anus for bloody flux. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 236237 |
| Polygonum pensylvanicum L. Pennsylvania Smartweed USDA POPE2 |
Meskwaki Drug, Hemorrhoid Remedy Used for piles. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 236237 |
| Polygonum punctatum Ell. Dotted Smartweed USDA POPUP4 |
Chippewa Drug, Analgesic Compound decoction of leaves and flowers taken for stomach pain. Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 344 |
| Polygonum punctatum Ell. Dotted Smartweed USDA POPUP4 |
Chippewa Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Compound decoction of flowers and leaves taken for stomach pain. Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 344 |
| Polygonum punctatum Ell. Dotted Smartweed USDA POPUP4 |
Houma Drug, Analgesic Decoction of roots taken for pains and swellings in the legs and joints. Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 58 |
| Polygonum punctatum Ell. Dotted Smartweed USDA POPUP4 |
Houma Drug, Orthopedic Aid Decoction of root taken for pains and swellings in the legs and joints. Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 58 |
| Polygonum punctatum Ell. Dotted Smartweed USDA POPUP4 |
Iroquois Drug, Psychological Aid Compound decoction taken for 'loss of senses during menses.' Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 315 |
| Polygonum sp. Smartweed |
Algonquin, Quebec Drug, Hemostat Leaves used for bleeding. Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 161 |
| Polygonum sp. Smartweed |
Paiute Food, Unspecified Species used for food. Steward, Julian H., 1933, Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250, page 244 |