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Liatris punctata Hook.
Dotted Gayfeather
USDA LIPUP
Blackfoot Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of boiled roots applied to swellings.
Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 59
Liatris punctata Hook.
Dotted Gayfeather
USDA LIPUP
Blackfoot Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Infusion of roots taken for stomachaches.
Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 59
Liatris punctata Hook.
Dotted Gayfeather
USDA LIPUP
Blackfoot Food, Unspecified
Roots used for food.
Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 59
Liatris punctata Hook.
Dotted Gayfeather
USDA LIPUP
Comanche Drug, Urinary Aid
Root chewed and juice swallowed for swollen testes.
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 522
Liatris punctata Hook.
Dotted Gayfeather
USDA LIPUP
Kiowa Food, Unspecified
Springtime, sweet roots baked over a fire and eaten.
Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 61
Liatris punctata Hook.
Dotted Gayfeather
USDA LIPUP
Lakota Food, Dietary Aid
Roots pulverized and eaten to improve the appetite.
Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 38
Liatris punctata Hook.
Dotted Gayfeather
USDA LIPUP
Meskwaki Drug, Dermatological Aid
Infusion of root applied locally for itch.
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 216
Liatris punctata Hook.
Dotted Gayfeather
USDA LIPUP
Meskwaki Drug, Urinary Aid
Infusion of root used for bloody urine and by women for bladder trouble.
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 216
Liatris punctata Hook.
Dotted Gayfeather
USDA LIPUP
Meskwaki Drug, Venereal Aid
Infusion of root used for gonorrhea.
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 216
Liatris punctata Hook.
Dotted Gayfeather
USDA LIPUP
Meskwaki Drug, Veterinary Aid
Infusion of root used for ponies to make them spirited for hunting in hot weather.
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 216
Liatris punctata var. punctata
Dotted Gayfeather
USDA LIPUP
Blackfoot Drug, Analgesic
Infusion of root taken for stomachache.
McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 274
Liatris punctata var. punctata
Dotted Gayfeather
USDA LIPUP
Blackfoot Drug, Dermatological Aid
Boiled root applied to swellings.
McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 274
Liatris punctata var. punctata
Dotted Gayfeather
USDA LIPUP
Blackfoot Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Infusion of root taken for stomachache.
McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 274
Liatris punctata var. punctata
Dotted Gayfeather
USDA LIPUP
Blackfoot Food, Unspecified
Plant eaten raw.
McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 274
Liatris punctata var. punctata
Dotted Gayfeather
USDA LIPUP
Kiowa Food, Unspecified
Springtime, sweet roots baked over a fire and eaten.
Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 61
Liatris punctata var. punctata
Dotted Gayfeather
USDA LIPUP
Tewa Food, Unspecified
Roots eaten as food.
Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 57