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Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance
Carrotleaf Biscuitroot
USDA LODIM
Paiute Drug, Respiratory Aid
Pulverized roots smoked alone or in compound for asthma.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 97-100
Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance
Carrotleaf Biscuitroot
USDA LODIM
Paiute Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
Compound of pulverized roots smoked for tuberculosis.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 97-100
Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance
Carrotleaf Biscuitroot
USDA LODIM
Paiute Drug, Veterinary Aid
Root smoke inhaled by horses for distemper.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 97-100
Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance
Carrotleaf Biscuitroot
USDA LODIM
Shoshoni Drug, Pulmonary Aid
Pulverized roots smoked to clear lungs and nasal passages.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 97-100
Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance
Carrotleaf Biscuitroot
USDA LODIM
Shoshoni Drug, Respiratory Aid
Pulverized roots smoked for asthma.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 97-100
Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance
Carrotleaf Biscuitroot
USDA LODIM
Shoshoni Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
Compound of pulverized roots smoked for tuberculosis.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 97-100
Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance
Carrotleaf Biscuitroot
USDA LODIM
Shoshoni Drug, Veterinary Aid
Smoke from root alone or in compound inhaled by horses for distemper.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 97-100
Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance
Carrotleaf Biscuitroot
USDA LODIM
Washo Drug, Pulmonary Aid
Pulverized roots smoked to clear lungs and nasal passages.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 97-100
Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance
Carrotleaf Biscuitroot
USDA LODIM
Washo Drug, Respiratory Aid
Pulverized roots smoked for asthma.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 97-100
Lomatium macrocarpum (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Coult. & Rose
Bigseed Biscuitroot
USDA LOMA3
Blackfoot Drug, Veterinary Aid
Smoke from burning roots or decoction of roots inhaled by horses for distemper.
Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 26
Lycopodium sp.
Club Moss
Iroquois Drug, Hemostat
Smoke (spores) from plant sprinkled on nosebleed.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 262
Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John
American Skunkcabbage
USDA LYAM3
Gitksan Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal)
Smoke of root inhaled for influenza, rheumatism and bad dreams.
Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 52, 53
Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John
American Skunkcabbage
USDA LYAM3
Gitksan Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy
Smoke from burning roots inhaled for influenza and bad dreams.
Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 52, 53
Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John
American Skunkcabbage
USDA LYAM3
Gitksan Drug, Sedative
Smoke of root inhaled for bad dreams, influenza and rheumatism.
Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 52, 53
Macrocystis integrifolia Bory
Giant Kelp
Heiltzuk Other, Cash Crop
Plant traded for oolichan grease and smoked oolichans.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 127
Macrocystis integrifolia Bory
Giant Kelp
Kitkatla Other, Cash Crop
Plant traded for oolichan grease and smoked oolichans.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 127
Macromeria viridiflora DC.
Gianttrumpets
USDA MAVIV
Hopi Drug, Anticonvulsive
Dried plant and mullein smoked for 'fits,' craziness and witchcraft.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 33, 88
Macromeria viridiflora DC.
Gianttrumpets
USDA MAVIV
Hopi Drug, Psychological Aid
Compound of plant smoked by persons not in their 'right mind.'
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 88
Macromeria viridiflora DC.
Gianttrumpets
USDA MAVIV
Hopi Drug, Witchcraft Medicine
Compound of plant smoked as a cure for persons with 'power to charm.'
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 88
Maianthemum canadense Desf.
Canada Beadruby
USDA MACA4
Ojibwa Drug, Unspecified
Smoke inhaled for unspecified purpose.
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 373374
Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum
Feather Solomon's Seal
USDA MARAR
Meskwaki Drug, Stimulant
Smudge used to 'smoke patient for five minutes' and revive him.
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 230231
Mentzelia albicaulis (Dougl. ex Hook.) Dougl. ex Torr. & Gray
Whitestem Blazingstar
USDA MEAL6
Hopi Other, Smoke Plant
Plant used as substitute for tobacco.
Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 335
Mentzelia pumila Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray
Dwarf Mentzelia
USDA MEPUP
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 85
Mirabilis multiflora (Torr.) Gray
Colorado Four O'clock
USDA MIMUM
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 54
Mirabilis nyctaginea (Michx.) MacM.
Heartleaf Four O'clock
USDA MINY
Keres, Western Other, Smoke Plant
Leaves used as tobacco.
Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 25
Mitchella repens L.
Partridgeberry
USDA MIRE
Ojibwa Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Leaves smoked during ceremonies.
Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 239
Morella cerifera (L.) Small
Southern Bayberry
USDA MOCE2
Seminole Other, Smoke Plant
Plant used as a tobacco substitute.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 480
Nepeta cataria L.
Catnip
USDA NECA2
Shinnecock Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal)
Dried leaves smoked in a pipe for rheumatism.
Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey, 1945, Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians, Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123, page 119
Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
Coyote Tobacco
USDA NIAT
Apache, White Mountain Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Plant smoked in the medicine ceremonies.
Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 158
Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
Coyote Tobacco
USDA NIAT
Blackfoot Other, Smoke Plant
Leaves used for smoking.
Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 52
Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
Coyote Tobacco
USDA NIAT
Coahuilla Other, Smoke Plant
Leaves pounded, mixed with water, chewed and used as a smoking material.
Barrows, David Prescott, 1967, The Ethno-Botany of the Coahuilla Indians of Southern California, Banning CA. Malki Museum Press. Originally Published 1900, page 74
Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
Coyote Tobacco
USDA NIAT
Gosiute Other, Smoke Plant
Leaves dried and smoked.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 375
Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
Coyote Tobacco
USDA NIAT
Havasupai Other, Smoke Plant
Leaves smoked for pleasure.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 240
Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
Coyote Tobacco
USDA NIAT
Hopi Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Plant smoked for all ceremonial occasions.
Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 19
Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
Coyote Tobacco
USDA NIAT
Hopi Other, Ceremonial Items
Plant smoked in pipes for ceremonial purposes only.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 90
Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
Coyote Tobacco
USDA NIAT
Hopi Other, Smoke Plant
Used for smoking.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1942, Pima and Papago Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. First Edition., page 109
Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
Coyote Tobacco
USDA NIAT
Hopi Other, Smoke Plant
Used very much.
Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 166
Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
Coyote Tobacco
USDA NIAT
Kawaiisu Other, Smoke Plant
Leaves dried, pulverized, powdered, mixed with liquid, formed into cakes and smoked in hollow stems.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 43
Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
Coyote Tobacco
USDA NIAT
Klamath Other, Smoke Plant
Leaves used for smoking.
Coville, Frederick V., 1897, Notes On The Plants Used By The Klamath Indians Of Oregon., Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 5(2):87-110, page 104
Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
Coyote Tobacco
USDA NIAT
Mewuk Other, Smoke Plant
Leaves dried, pounded and used for smoking.
Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 356
Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
Coyote Tobacco
USDA NIAT
Midoo Other, Smoke Plant
Leaves dried, pounded and used for smoking.
Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 319
Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
Coyote Tobacco
USDA NIAT
Navajo Other, Ceremonial Items
Smoked after the feast following the completion of the masks for the Night Chant.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 75
Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
Coyote Tobacco
USDA NIAT
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Analgesic
Leaves smoked in corn husks for headache.
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 43
Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
Coyote Tobacco
USDA NIAT
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Plant smoked in corn husks for ceremonial purposes.
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 43
Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
Coyote Tobacco
USDA NIAT
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Cough Medicine
Leaves smoked in corn husks for cough.
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 43
Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
Coyote Tobacco
USDA NIAT
Navajo, Ramah Other, Smoke Plant
Plant used as substitute for commercial tobacco.
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 43
Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
Coyote Tobacco
USDA NIAT
Okanagan-Colville Other, Smoke Plant
Leaves used for smoking.
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 140
Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
Coyote Tobacco
USDA NIAT
Okanagon Other, Smoke Plant
Leaves dried, greased, mixed with leaves of other plants and smoked.
Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 39
Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
Coyote Tobacco
USDA NIAT
Paiute Drug, Cold Remedy
Dried leaves smoked alone or in a compound for colds and asthma.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 106107
Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
Coyote Tobacco
USDA NIAT
Paiute Drug, Cold Remedy
Leaves smoked during sweathouse bathing and prayer, connected with spiritual power.
Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 108