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Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt.
Pale Purple Coneflower
USDA ECPA
Cheyenne Drug, Burn Dressing
Decoction of roots used as a wash for burns.
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 20
Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt.
Pale Purple Coneflower
USDA ECPA
Cheyenne Drug, Burn Dressing
Decoction of roots used for burns.
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
Cheyenne Drug, Cold Remedy
Root chewed for colds.
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 20
Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt.
Pale Purple Coneflower
USDA ECPA
Cheyenne Drug, Dermatological Aid
Roots mixed with puffball mushroom spores and skunk oil and used for boils.
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
Cheyenne Drug, Dermatological Aid
Roots used for boils.
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 20
Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt.
Pale Purple Coneflower
USDA ECPA
Cheyenne Drug, Dietary Aid
Root chewed to increase the flow of saliva and prevent thirst.
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 20
Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt.
Pale Purple Coneflower
USDA ECPA
Cheyenne Drug, Febrifuge
Decoction of roots used as a wash for fevers.
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 20
Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt.
Pale Purple Coneflower
USDA ECPA
Cheyenne Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy
Decoction of roots and leaves taken for mumps and measles.
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
Cheyenne Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy
Decoction of roots taken for smallpox, mumps and measles.
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 20
Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt.
Pale Purple Coneflower
USDA ECPA
Cheyenne Drug, Oral Aid
Infusion of powdered roots and leaves taken for sore mouth and gums.
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
Cheyenne Drug, Throat Aid
Infusion of powdered roots and leaves taken for sore throat.
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
Cheyenne Drug, Toothache Remedy
Root chewed for toothaches, especially cavities.
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 20
Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt.
Pale Purple Coneflower
USDA ECPA
Cheyenne Drug, Toothache Remedy
Roots chewed for toothache.
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
Crow Drug, Cold Remedy
Roots chewed and used for colds.
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
Crow Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Infusion of roots taken for colic.
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
Crow Drug, Toothache Remedy
Roots chewed for toothache.
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
Dakota Drug, Anthelmintic
Decoction of roots taken as a vermifuge.
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 361
Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt.
Pale Purple Coneflower
USDA ECPA
Dakota Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of roots applied to inflammation to relieve the burning sensation.
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 368
Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt.
Pale Purple Coneflower
USDA ECPA
Dakota Drug, Eye Medicine
Decoction of roots used for sore eyes.
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 367
Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt.
Pale Purple Coneflower
USDA ECPA
Dakota Drug, Snake Bite Remedy
Plant used as an antidote for snakebites.
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 368
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, Antidote
Used as an antidote for rattlesnake and other venomous bites, stings and poisonous conditions.
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, Burn Dressing
Decoction of roots used for burns.
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, Toothache Remedy
Roots chewed for toothache.
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
Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt.
Pale Purple Coneflower
USDA ECPA
Sioux Other, Protection
Juice used by 'jugglers' for protection in handling hot meat.
Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 38
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
Eastern Purple Coneflower
USDA ECPU
Choctaw Drug, Cough Medicine
Root chewed, saliva swallowed and tincture of root used for cough.
Campbell, T.N., 1951, Medicinal Plants Used by Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(9):285-290, page 288
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
Eastern Purple Coneflower
USDA ECPU
Choctaw Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Root chewed, saliva swallowed and tincture of root used for dyspepsia.
Campbell, T.N., 1951, Medicinal Plants Used by Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(9):285-290, page 288
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
Eastern Purple Coneflower
USDA ECPU
Delaware Drug, Venereal Aid
Infusion of roots used for advanced cases of venereal disease.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 35
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
Eastern Purple Coneflower
USDA ECPU
Delaware Drug, Venereal Aid
Roots combined with staghorn sumac roots and used for venereal disease.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 33
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
Eastern Purple Coneflower
USDA ECPU
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Venereal Aid
Simple or compound infusion of root, highly effective, taken for gonorrhea.
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 29, 74
Echinacea sp.
Purple Cone Flower
Comanche Drug, Throat Aid
Decoction of root taken for sore throat.
Carlson, Gustav G. and Volney H. Jones, 1940, Some Notes on Uses of Plants by the Comanche Indians, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 25:517-542, page 521
Echinacea sp.
Purple Cone Flower
Comanche Drug, Toothache Remedy
Root held against tooth for toothaches.
Carlson, Gustav G. and Volney H. Jones, 1940, Some Notes on Uses of Plants by the Comanche Indians, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 25:517-542, page 521
Echinocereus fendleri (Engelm.) F. Seitz
Pinkflower Hedgehog Cactus
USDA ECFEF2
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Fruit
Raw fruit used for food.
Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 41
Echinocereus fendleri (Engelm.) F. Seitz
Pinkflower Hedgehog Cactus
USDA ECFEF2
Cochiti Food, Unspecified
Stems pit roasted and eaten.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 26
Echinocereus fendleri (Engelm.) F. Seitz
Pinkflower Hedgehog Cactus
USDA ECFEF2
Hopi Food, Sweetener
Fruits dried and used as a source of sweetening.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 85
Encelia virginensis var. actonii (Elmer) B.L. Turner
Acton's Brittlebush
USDA ENVIA
Kawaiisu Drug, Analgesic
Decoction of leaves and flowers used as a wash for rheumatic pains.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 27
Encelia virginensis var. actonii (Elmer) B.L. Turner
Acton's Brittlebush
USDA ENVIA
Kawaiisu Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
Decoction of leaves and flowers used as a wash for rheumatic pains.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 27
Ephedra viridis Coville
Mormon Tea
USDA EPVI
Hopi Drug, Tonic
Dried flowers and stems taken as a tonic.
Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 312
Ephedra viridis Coville
Mormon Tea
USDA EPVI
Tewa Drug, Tonic
Dried flowers and stems taken as a tonic.
Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 312
Epigaea repens L.
Trailing Arbutus
USDA EPRE2
Potawatomi Other, Sacred Items
Tribal flower of Forest Potawatomi and considered these flowers came directly from their divinity.
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 118
Epilobium densiflorum (Lindl.) Hoch & Raven
Denseflower Spike Primrose
USDA EPDE4
Mendocino Indian Food, Bread & Cake
Seeds used to make bread.
Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 370
Epilobium densiflorum (Lindl.) Hoch & Raven
Denseflower Spike Primrose
USDA EPDE4
Mendocino Indian Food, Staple
Seeds eaten as a pinole.
Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 370
Epilobium densiflorum (Lindl.) Hoch & Raven
Denseflower Spike Primrose
USDA EPDE4
Miwok Food, Unspecified
Parched, pulverized, dried seeds used for food.
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 152
Epilobium densiflorum (Lindl.) Hoch & Raven
Denseflower Spike Primrose
USDA EPDE4
Miwok Food, Unspecified
Stored, unparched seeds used for food.
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 152
Epilobium densiflorum (Lindl.) Hoch & Raven
Denseflower Spike Primrose
USDA EPDE4
Pomo Food, Staple
Seeds used to make pinoles.
Barrett, S. A., 1952, Material Aspects of Pomo Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 20, page 86
Epipactis gigantea Dougl. ex Hook.
Giant Helleborine
USDA EPGI
Karok Other, Decorations
Flowers used for their prettiness.
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 381
Eriastrum densifolium (Benth.) Mason
Giant Woolstar
USDA ERDE2
Kawaiisu Drug, Dermatological Aid
Dried, pounded flowers and roots used as a salve for venereal sores.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 28
Eriastrum densifolium (Benth.) Mason
Giant Woolstar
USDA ERDE2
Kawaiisu Drug, Venereal Aid
Dried, pounded flowers and roots used as a salve for venereal sores.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 28
Ericameria cooperi (Gray) Hall
Cooper's Heathgoldenrod
USDA ERCO23
Tubatulabal Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
Compound decoction of stalks and flowers used as a wash for rheumatism.
Voegelin, Ermine W., 1938, Tubatulabal Ethnography, Anthropological Records 2(1):1-84, page 59