| Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid USDA PLPS2 |
Iroquois Drug, Analgesic Infusion of single root and flowers given to young children for cramps. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 289 |
| Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid USDA PLPS2 |
Iroquois Drug, Gynecological Aid Infusion of root taken as a parturition medicine. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 290 |
| Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid USDA PLPS2 |
Iroquois Drug, Panacea Compound infusion taken or placed on injured part, a 'Little Water Medicine.' Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 290 |
| Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid USDA PLPS2 |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of single root and flowers given to young children for cramps. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 289 |
| Platanthera sparsiflora var. sparsiflora Canyon Bog Orchid USDA PLSPS |
San Felipe Food, Starvation Food Plant used as food in times of food shortage. 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 30 |
| Platanthera stricta Lindl. Modoc Bog Orchid USDA PLST4 |
Kwakiutl Drug, Love Medicine Compound with plant used as a love charm. Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 275 |
| Platanthera ?media (Rydb.) Luer (pro sp.) [dilatata ? hyperborea] Bog Orchid USDA PLME2 |
Potawatomi Drug, Love Medicine Women rubbed this plant on their cheek as a love charm to enable them to secure a good husband. Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 121 |
| Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis (Bigelow) Luer Northern Slender Ladiestresses USDA SPLAG |
Ojibwa Drug, Hunting Medicine Roots used as an ingredient of the hunting charm to bring game to the hunter. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 431 |
| Spiranthes lucida (H.H. Eat.) Ames Shining Ladiestresses USDA SPLU2 |
Cherokee Drug, Pediatric Aid Warm infusion used as a wash for infants 'to insure fast, healthy growth.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 42 |
| Spiranthes lucida (H.H. Eat.) Ames Shining Ladiestresses USDA SPLU2 |
Cherokee Drug, Urinary Aid Roots with 'twayblade' used 'for urinary trouble.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 42 |
| Spiranthes romanzoffiana Cham. Hooded Ladiestresses USDA SPRO |
Gosiute Drug, Venereal Aid Plant used for venereal disease. Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 383 |
| Spiranthes sp. |
Paiute Food, Unspecified Roots used for food. Steward, Julian H., 1933, Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250, page 244 |
| Spiranthes sp. |
Seminole Drug, Blood Medicine Decoction of roots used as a blood purifier. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 304 |
| Zeuxine strateumatica (L.) Schlechter Soldier's Orchid USDA ZEST |
Seminole Drug, Gynecological Aid Decoction of whole plant taken and used as a wash for barrenness. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 318 |
| Zeuxine strateumatica (L.) Schlechter Soldier's Orchid USDA ZEST |
Seminole Drug, Reproductive Aid Decoction of whole plant used as a wash for impotency. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 318 |