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Crataegus sp.

Ojibwa Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Bark smoked to attract deer while hunting.
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 431
Croton texensis (Klotzsch) Muell.-Arg.
Texas Croton
USDA CRTET
Navajo, Ramah Other, Incense & Fragrance
Used on large fire to smoke clothes and remove skunk smell.
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 35
Datura stramonium L.
Jimsonweed
USDA DAST
Cherokee Drug, Respiratory Aid
Smoked for asthma.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 41
Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple
USDA DAWR2
Cahuilla Other, Smoke Plant
Leaves used to smoke.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 60
Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple
USDA DAWR2
Costanoan Drug, Cathartic
Dried leaves smoked as a purgative.
Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 14
Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple
USDA DAWR2
Costanoan Drug, Hallucinogen
Dried leaves smoked as a hallucinogen.
Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 14
Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple
USDA DAWR2
Costanoan Drug, Love Medicine
Seeds and tobacco smoked as an aphrodisiac.
Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 14
Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple
USDA DAWR2
Keres, Western Other, Smoke Plant
Dried leaves used as tobacco.
Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 41
Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple
USDA DAWR2
Mahuna Drug, Narcotic
Smoked leaves or infusion of leaves taken as a narcotic.
Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 43
Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple
USDA DAWR2
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Hunting Medicine
Plant mixed with pollen and smoked by hunters to make deer tame.
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 42
Dendromecon rigida Benth.
Tree Poppy
USDA DERIR2
Kawaiisu Other, Smoke Plant
One or two leaves put into the liquid and used in the preparation of the tobacco plug.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 25
Desmodium sandwicense E. Mey.
Hawaii Ticktrefoil
USDA DESA81
Hawaiian Drug, Respiratory Aid
Leaves sun dried, crushed and smoked in a pipe for asthma.
Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 51
Dyssodia papposa (Vent.) A.S. Hitchc.
Fetid Marigold
USDA DYPA
Keres, Western Drug, Other
Plant smoked for epileptic fits.
Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 33
Echinacea angustifolia DC.
Blacksamson Echinacea
USDA ECANA
Dakota Drug, Analgesic
Plant used in smoke treatment for headache.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131
Echinacea angustifolia DC.
Blacksamson Echinacea
USDA ECANA
Dakota Drug, Veterinary Aid
Plant used in smoke treatment for horses with distemper.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131
Echinacea angustifolia DC.
Blacksamson Echinacea
USDA ECANA
Omaha Drug, Analgesic
Plant used in smoke treatment for headache.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131
Echinacea angustifolia DC.
Blacksamson Echinacea
USDA ECANA
Omaha Drug, Veterinary Aid
Plant used in smoke treatment for horses with distemper.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131
Echinacea angustifolia DC.
Blacksamson Echinacea
USDA ECANA
Pawnee Drug, Analgesic
Plant used in smoke treatment for headache.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131
Echinacea angustifolia DC.
Blacksamson Echinacea
USDA ECANA
Pawnee Drug, Veterinary Aid
Plant used in smoke treatment for horses with distemper.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131
Echinacea angustifolia DC.
Blacksamson Echinacea
USDA ECANA
Ponca Drug, Analgesic
Plant used in smoke treatment for headache.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131
Echinacea angustifolia DC.
Blacksamson Echinacea
USDA ECANA
Ponca Drug, Veterinary Aid
Plant used in smoke treatment for horses with distemper.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131
Echinacea angustifolia DC.
Blacksamson Echinacea
USDA ECANA
Winnebago Drug, Analgesic
Plant used in smoke treatment for headache.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131
Echinacea angustifolia DC.
Blacksamson Echinacea
USDA ECANA
Winnebago Drug, Veterinary Aid
Plant used in smoke treatment for horses with distemper.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131
Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt.
Pale Purple Coneflower
USDA ECPA
Sioux Drug, Analgesic
Plant used in the smoke treatment for headache.
Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 38
Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt.
Pale Purple Coneflower
USDA ECPA
Sioux Drug, Veterinary Aid
Plant used in the smoke treatment for horses with distemper.
Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 38
Equisetum sp.
Mare's Tail
Koyukon Other, Fuel
Blades used to produce smoke in smudge fires.
Nelson, Richard K., 1983, Make Prayers to the Raven--A Koyukon View of the Northern Forest, Chicago. The University of Chicago Press, page 56
Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. nauseosa
Rubber Rabbitbrush
USDA ERNAN5
Cheyenne Drug, Cold Remedy
Infusion of flower parts taken or burning plant smoke inhaled for colds.
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 20
Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. nauseosa
Rubber Rabbitbrush
USDA ERNAN5
Cheyenne Drug, Psychological Aid
Burning leaf and branch smoke used to drive away the cause of nightmares.
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 20
Erigeron philadelphicus L.
Philadelphia Fleabane
USDA ERPHP
Ojibwa Drug, Cold Remedy
Smoke of dried flowers inhaled for headcold.
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 364
Erigeron philadelphicus L.
Philadelphia Fleabane
USDA ERPHP
Ojibwa Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Disk florets smoked to attract the buck deer. They say that cows and deer eat the blossoms.
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 429
Erigeron philadelphicus L.
Philadelphia Fleabane
USDA ERPHP
Ojibwa Other, Smoke Plant
Plant used in the smoking tobacco or kinnikinnick mixture.
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 398
Eriodictyon californicum (Hook. & Arn.) Torr.
California Yerbasanta
USDA ERCA6
Costanoan Drug, Respiratory Aid
Decoction of plant used or leaves chewed or smoked for asthma.
Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 13
Eriodictyon californicum (Hook. & Arn.) Torr.
California Yerbasanta
USDA ERCA6
Miwok Drug, Cold Remedy
Leaves smoked in form of cigarette for colds.
Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 169
Eriodictyon californicum (Hook. & Arn.) Torr.
California Yerbasanta
USDA ERCA6
Miwok Drug, Cough Medicine
Leaves smoked in form of cigarette for coughs.
Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 169
Eriogonum divaricatum Hook.
Divergent Buckwheat
USDA ERDI5
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Snake Bite Remedy
Plant smoked for snakebites.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 19
Eriogonum jamesii Benth.
James' Buckwheat
USDA ERJAJ
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Psychological Aid
Plant smoked when disturbed by dreaming of tobacco worms.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 19
Eurybia macrophylla (L.) Cass.
Bigleaf Aster
USDA EUMA27
Ojibwa Drug, Hunting Medicine
Plant smoked as one of the hunting charms to attract deer.
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 429
Euthamia graminifolia var. graminifolia
Flattop Goldentop
USDA EUGRG
Ojibwa Drug, Hunting Medicine
Flowers used in the hunting medicine and smoked to simulate the odor of a deer's hoof.
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 429
Foeniculum vulgare P. Mill.
Sweet Fennel
USDA FOVU
Hopi Other, Smoke Plant
Plant used as a substitute for tobacco.
Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 20
Foeniculum vulgare P. Mill.
Sweet Fennel
USDA FOVU
Hopi Other, Smoke Plant
Plant used as a substitute for tobacco.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 86, 87
Frasera speciosa Dougl. ex Griseb.
Showy Frasera
USDA FRSP
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Psychological Aid
Dried leaves mixed with mountain tobacco and smoked to 'clear the mind if lost.'
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 39
Fremontodendron californicum (Torr.) Coville
California Flannelbush
USDA FRCA6
Kawaiisu Fiber, Building Material
Bark made into cordage and tied in a loop to upper ends of poles to make a winterhouse smoke hole.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 32
Gaultheria procumbens L.
Eastern Teaberry
USDA GAPR2
Cherokee Other, Smoke Plant
Dried leaves used as a substitute for chewing tobacco.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 61
Gaultheria shallon Pursh
Salal
USDA GASH
Makah Food, Spice
Leaves used to flavor smoked fish.
Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 299
Gaultheria shallon Pursh
Salal
USDA GASH
Makah Other, Smoke Plant
Leaves dried, pulverized and smoked with kinnikinnick.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 43
Gayophytum ramosissimum Torr. & Gray
Pinyon Groundsmoke
USDA GARA2
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Dermatological Aid
Plant used as a lotion for cuts.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 33
Gayophytum ramosissimum Torr. & Gray
Pinyon Groundsmoke
USDA GARA2
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Psychological Aid
Plant used for the effects of a dream of a spider bite.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 33
Gayophytum ramosissimum Torr. & Gray
Pinyon Groundsmoke
USDA GARA2
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Hemostat
Poultice applied to cuts as a hemostatic.
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 37
Geum triflorum Pursh
Prairiesmoke
USDA GETRT
Blackfoot Drug, Cough Medicine
Infusion of plant taken as a general tonic for severe coughs.
Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 72
Geum triflorum Pursh
Prairiesmoke
USDA GETRT
Blackfoot Drug, Dermatological Aid
Infusion of roots and grease applied as a salve to sores, rashes, blisters and flesh wounds.
Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 76