| Galax urceolata (Poir.) Brummitt Beetleweed USDA GAUR2 |
Cherokee Drug, Kidney Aid Infusion of root taken for kidneys. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 35 |
| Galax urceolata (Poir.) Brummitt Beetleweed USDA GAUR2 |
Cherokee Drug, Sedative Infusion taken for 'nerves.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 35 |
| Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc. Deergrass USDA MURI2 |
Zuni Other, Ceremonial Items Grass attached to sticks of plume offerings to anthropic gods. This grass was used only by Galaxy and Shu'maakwe fraternities. The sticks designated the god to whom the offerings were made and the plumes of the eagle and of other birds conveyed the breath prayers to the gods. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 91 |