Pyrola americana Sweet
Common names: American Wintergreen
Species details (USDA):
USDA PYAM
Documented uses
2 uses documented
Cherokee
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 55)
Ojibwa
Drug, Hunting Medicine
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1932,
Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525,
pages 430)