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Silphium laciniatum L.
Compassplant
USDA SILAL2
Dakota Drug, Veterinary Aid
Decoction of pounded root used as a vermifuge for horses.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 132
Silphium laciniatum L.
Compassplant
USDA SILAL2
Dakota Drug, Witchcraft Medicine
Dried root burned during storms to act as a charm against lightning.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 132
Silphium laciniatum L.
Compassplant
USDA SILAL2
Dakota Food, Candy
Gum from upper part of stem used as chewing gum by children.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 132
Silphium laciniatum L.
Compassplant
USDA SILAL2
Meskwaki Drug, Emetic
Decoction of smaller roots taken as an emetic.
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 216217
Silphium laciniatum L.
Compassplant
USDA SILAL2
Omaha Drug, Veterinary Aid
Decoction of root given to horses as a tonic.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 132
Silphium laciniatum L.
Compassplant
USDA SILAL2
Omaha Drug, Veterinary Aid
Roots given to horses as a tonic.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 335
Silphium laciniatum L.
Compassplant
USDA SILAL2
Omaha Drug, Witchcraft Medicine
Dried root burned during storms to act as a charm against lightning.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 132
Silphium laciniatum L.
Compassplant
USDA SILAL2
Omaha Food, Candy
Gum from upper part of stem used as chewing gum by children.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 132
Silphium laciniatum L.
Compassplant
USDA SILAL2
Pawnee Drug, Tonic
Decoction of root taken for general debility.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 132
Silphium laciniatum L.
Compassplant
USDA SILAL2
Pawnee Drug, Witchcraft Medicine
Dried root burned during storms to act as a charm against lightning.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 132
Silphium laciniatum L.
Compassplant
USDA SILAL2
Pawnee Food, Candy
Gum from upper part of stem used as chewing gum by children.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 132
Silphium laciniatum L.
Compassplant
USDA SILAL2
Ponca Drug, Veterinary Aid
Decoction of root given to horses as a tonic.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 132
Silphium laciniatum L.
Compassplant
USDA SILAL2
Ponca Drug, Witchcraft Medicine
Dried root burned during storms to act as a charm against lightning.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 132
Silphium laciniatum L.
Compassplant
USDA SILAL2
Ponca Food, Candy
Gum from upper part of stem used as chewing gum by children.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 132
Silphium laciniatum L.
Compassplant
USDA SILAL2
Winnebago Drug, Witchcraft Medicine
Dried root burned during storms to act as a charm against lightning.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 132
Silphium laciniatum L.
Compassplant
USDA SILAL2
Winnebago Food, Candy
Gum from upper part of stem used as chewing gum by children.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 132