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Viola cucullata Ait.
Marsh Blue Violet
USDA VICU
Cherokee Drug, Analgesic
Poultice of leaves used for headache.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola cucullata Ait.
Marsh Blue Violet
USDA VICU
Cherokee Drug, Antidiarrheal
Infusion taken for dysentery.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola cucullata Ait.
Marsh Blue Violet
USDA VICU
Cherokee Drug, Blood Medicine
Infusion taken for blood.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola cucullata Ait.
Marsh Blue Violet
USDA VICU
Cherokee Drug, Cold Remedy
Infusion taken for colds.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola cucullata Ait.
Marsh Blue Violet
USDA VICU
Cherokee Drug, Cough Medicine
Infusion with sugar taken for cough.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola cucullata Ait.
Marsh Blue Violet
USDA VICU
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of crushed root applied to boils.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola cucullata Ait.
Marsh Blue Violet
USDA VICU
Cherokee Drug, Respiratory Aid
Infusion sprayed up nose for catarrh.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola cucullata Ait.
Marsh Blue Violet
USDA VICU
Cherokee Drug, Tonic
Infusion taken as spring tonic.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola cucullata Ait.
Marsh Blue Violet
USDA VICU
Cherokee Other, Insecticide
Infusion of root used to soak corn before planting to keep off insects.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola cucullata Ait.
Marsh Blue Violet
USDA VICU
Ute Drug, Unspecified
Roots used as medicine.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1909, Some Plant Names of the Ute Indians, American Anthropologist 11:27-40, page 37
Viola epipsila Ledeb.
Dwarf Marsh Violet
USDA VIEPR
Tanana, Upper Other, Incense & Fragrance
Dried roots used as incense at potlatches.
Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 18
Viola nephrophylla Greene
Northern Bog Violet
USDA VINE
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Plant used as a ceremonial emetic.
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 36
Viola nephrophylla Greene
Northern Bog Violet
USDA VINE
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Emetic
Plant used as a ceremonial emetic.
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 36
Viola pedunculata Torr. & Gray
California Golden Violet
USDA VIPEP
Diegueno Food, Vegetable
Young leaves, picked before the flowers appear in the spring, boiled once and eaten as greens.
Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 43
Viola pedunculata Torr. & Gray
California Golden Violet
USDA VIPEP
Luiseno Food, Vegetable
Leaves used as greens.
Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 230
Viola pubescens Ait.
Downy Yellow Violet
USDA VIPUP2
Cherokee Drug, Analgesic
Poultice of leaves used for headache.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola pubescens Ait.
Downy Yellow Violet
USDA VIPUP2
Cherokee Drug, Antidiarrheal
Infusion taken for dysentery.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola pubescens Ait.
Downy Yellow Violet
USDA VIPUP2
Cherokee Drug, Blood Medicine
Infusion taken for blood.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola pubescens Ait.
Downy Yellow Violet
USDA VIPUP2
Cherokee Drug, Cold Remedy
Infusion taken for colds.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola pubescens Ait.
Downy Yellow Violet
USDA VIPUP2
Cherokee Drug, Cough Medicine
Infusion with sugar taken for cough.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola pubescens Ait.
Downy Yellow Violet
USDA VIPUP2
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of crushed root applied to boils.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola pubescens Ait.
Downy Yellow Violet
USDA VIPUP2
Cherokee Drug, Respiratory Aid
Infusion sprayed up nose for catarrh.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola pubescens Ait.
Downy Yellow Violet
USDA VIPUP2
Cherokee Drug, Tonic
Infusion taken as spring tonic.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola pubescens Ait.
Downy Yellow Violet
USDA VIPUP2
Cherokee Other, Insecticide
Infusion of root used to soak corn before planting to keep off insects.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola pubescens Ait.
Downy Yellow Violet
USDA VIPUP2
Iroquois Drug, Dermatological Aid
Decoction of plant taken and used as wash for facial eruptions.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 387
Viola pubescens Ait.
Downy Yellow Violet
USDA VIPUP2
Ojibwa, South Drug, Throat Aid
Decoction of root taken in small doses for sore throat.
Hoffman, W.J., 1891, The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa, SI-BAE Annual Report #7, page 201
Viola pubescens Ait.
Downy Yellow Violet
USDA VIPUP2
Potawatomi Drug, Heart Medicine
Root used for various heart diseases.
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 87, 88
Viola pubescens var. pubescens
Smooth Yellow Violet
USDA VIPUP2
Cherokee Food, Vegetable
Leaves and stems mixed with other greens, parboiled, rinsed and fried with grease & salt until soft.
Perry, Myra Jean, 1975, Food Use of 'Wild' Plants by Cherokee Indians, The University of Tennessee, M.S. Thesis, page 60
Viola pubescens var. pubescens
Smooth Yellow Violet
USDA VIPUP2
Iroquois Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Compound decoction of plants taken for indigestion.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 387
Viola rotundifolia Michx.
Roundleaf Yellow Violet
USDA VIRO2
Cherokee Drug, Analgesic
Poultice of leaves used for headache.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola rotundifolia Michx.
Roundleaf Yellow Violet
USDA VIRO2
Cherokee Drug, Antidiarrheal
Infusion taken for dysentery.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola rotundifolia Michx.
Roundleaf Yellow Violet
USDA VIRO2
Cherokee Drug, Blood Medicine
Infusion taken for blood.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola rotundifolia Michx.
Roundleaf Yellow Violet
USDA VIRO2
Cherokee Drug, Cold Remedy
Infusion taken for colds.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola rotundifolia Michx.
Roundleaf Yellow Violet
USDA VIRO2
Cherokee Drug, Cough Medicine
Infusion with sugar taken for cough.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola rotundifolia Michx.
Roundleaf Yellow Violet
USDA VIRO2
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of crushed root applied to boils.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola rotundifolia Michx.
Roundleaf Yellow Violet
USDA VIRO2
Cherokee Drug, Respiratory Aid
Infusion sprayed up nose for catarrh.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola rotundifolia Michx.
Roundleaf Yellow Violet
USDA VIRO2
Cherokee Drug, Tonic
Infusion taken as spring tonic.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola rotundifolia Michx.
Roundleaf Yellow Violet
USDA VIRO2
Cherokee Other, Insecticide
Infusion of root used to soak corn before planting to keep off insects.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola sagittata Ait.
Arrowleaf Violet
USDA VISAS5
Iroquois Drug, Witchcraft Medicine
Compound used to detect bewitchment.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 386
Viola sempervirens Greene
Evergreen Violet
USDA VISE3
Karok Other, Toys & Games
Flowers used by children during play.
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 386
Viola sororia Willd.
Common Blue Violet
USDA VISO
Cherokee Drug, Analgesic
Poultice of leaves used for headache.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola sororia Willd.
Common Blue Violet
USDA VISO
Cherokee Drug, Antidiarrheal
Infusion taken for dysentery.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola sororia Willd.
Common Blue Violet
USDA VISO
Cherokee Drug, Blood Medicine
Infusion taken for blood.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola sororia Willd.
Common Blue Violet
USDA VISO
Cherokee Drug, Cold Remedy
Infusion taken for colds.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola sororia Willd.
Common Blue Violet
USDA VISO
Cherokee Drug, Cough Medicine
Infusion with sugar taken for cough.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola sororia Willd.
Common Blue Violet
USDA VISO
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of crushed root applied to boils.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola sororia Willd.
Common Blue Violet
USDA VISO
Cherokee Drug, Respiratory Aid
Infusion sprayed up nose for catarrh.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola sororia Willd.
Common Blue Violet
USDA VISO
Cherokee Drug, Tonic
Infusion taken as spring tonic.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola sororia Willd.
Common Blue Violet
USDA VISO
Cherokee Other, Insecticide
Infusion of root used to soak corn before planting to keep off insects.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60
Viola sp.
Blue Violet
Cherokee Food, Vegetable
Leaves and stems mixed with other greens, parboiled, rinsed and fried with grease & salt until soft.
Perry, Myra Jean, 1975, Food Use of 'Wild' Plants by Cherokee Indians, The University of Tennessee, M.S. Thesis, page 60