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Silene acaulis (L.) Jacq.
Moss Campion
USDA SIACE
Gosiute Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Plant used for children with colic.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 381
Silene acaulis (L.) Jacq.
Moss Campion
USDA SIACE
Gosiute Drug, Pediatric Aid
Plant used for children with colic.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 381
Silene acaulis var. exscapa (All.) DC.
Moss Campion
USDA SIACE
Eskimo, Inuktitut Food, Unspecified
Raw root skins used for food.
Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 182
Silene campanulata S. Wats.
Red Mountain Catchfly
USDA SICAC
Karok Drug, Pediatric Aid
Plant used as medicine for babies.
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 383
Silene campanulata S. Wats.
Red Mountain Catchfly
USDA SICAC
Karok Drug, Unspecified
Plant used as medicine for babies.
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 383
Silene douglasii var. douglasii
Douglas's Campion
USDA SIDOD
Gosiute Drug, Analgesic
Infusion of roots taken as an emetic for stomach trouble pain.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 350
Silene douglasii var. douglasii
Douglas's Campion
USDA SIDOD
Gosiute Drug, Analgesic
Warm infusion of pounded plant used as an emetic for stomach pain.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 381
Silene douglasii var. douglasii
Douglas's Campion
USDA SIDOD
Gosiute Drug, Emetic
Infusion of roots taken as an emetic for stomach trouble pain.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 350
Silene douglasii var. douglasii
Douglas's Campion
USDA SIDOD
Gosiute Drug, Emetic
Warm infusion of pounded plant used as an emetic for stomach pain.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 381
Silene douglasii var. douglasii
Douglas's Campion
USDA SIDOD
Gosiute Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Infusion of roots taken as an emetic for stomach trouble pain.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 350
Silene douglasii var. douglasii
Douglas's Campion
USDA SIDOD
Gosiute Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Warm infusion of pounded plant used as an emetic for stomach pain.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 381
Silene douglasii var. douglasii
Douglas's Campion
USDA SIDOD
Gosiute Drug, Veterinary Aid
Plant used as a horse medicine.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 381
Silene douglasii var. douglasii
Douglas's Campion
USDA SIDOD
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Dermatological Aid
Cold infusion used as lotion for coyote bite on man, sheep or horse.
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 27
Silene douglasii var. douglasii
Douglas's Campion
USDA SIDOD
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Veterinary Aid
Cold infusion of plant used as a lotion for coyote bite on man, sheep or horse.
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 27
Silene drummondii var. drummondii
Drummond's Campion
USDA SIDRD
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Panacea
Root used as a 'life medicine.'
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 27
Silene laciniata Cav.
Mexican Campion
USDA SILAG2
Keres, Western Drug, Dermatological Aid
Crushed plant rubbed on ant bites.
Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 69
Silene laciniata Cav.
Mexican Campion
USDA SILAG2
Keres, Western Drug, Other
Infusion of plant used as a reducing medicine.
Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 69
Silene laciniata ssp. greggii (Gray) C.L. Hitchc. & Maguire
Gregg's Campion
USDA SILAG2
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Burn Dressing
Poultice of leaves applied to burns.
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 27
Silene laciniata ssp. greggii (Gray) C.L. Hitchc. & Maguire
Gregg's Campion
USDA SILAG2
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Dermatological Aid
Decoction of root taken for mad dog or mad coyote bite.
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 27
Silene latifolia ssp. alba (P. Mill.) Greuter & Burdet
Bladder Campion
USDA SILAA3
Ojibwa Drug, Cathartic
Infusion of root used as a physic.
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 361
Silene menziesii Hook.
Menzies' Campion
USDA SIMED
Gosiute Other, Smoke Plant
Dried leaves powdered and formerly used to smoke as a tobacco.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 381
Silene menziesii Hook.
Menzies' Campion
USDA SIMED
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Eye Medicine
Infusion of pounded roots used as eye drops for cataracts.
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 95
Silene noctiflora L.
Nightflowering Silene
USDA SINO
Menominee Drug, Unspecified
Plant used as a medicine.
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 28
Silene noctiflora L.
Nightflowering Silene
USDA SINO
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of leaves applied to prairie dog bite.
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 27
Silene scouleri Hook.
Scouler's Campion
USDA SISCS3
Gosiute Drug, Analgesic
Warm infusion of pounded plant used as an emetic for stomach pain.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 381
Silene scouleri Hook.
Scouler's Campion
USDA SISCS3
Gosiute Drug, Emetic
Warm infusion of pounded plant used as an emetic for stomach pain.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 381
Silene scouleri Hook.
Scouler's Campion
USDA SISCS3
Gosiute Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Warm infusion of pounded plant used as an emetic for stomach pain.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 381
Silene scouleri Hook.
Scouler's Campion
USDA SISCS3
Gosiute Drug, Veterinary Aid
Plant used as a horse medicine.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 381
Silene stellata (L.) Ait. f.
Widowsfrill
USDA SIST
Meskwaki Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of root applied to dry up swellings that discharge pus.
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 208