Asteraceae Echinacea angustifolia DC.

Blacksamson Echinacea

Omaha - Drug, Anesthetic

Use documented by:
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 333

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Scientific name: Echinacea angustifolia DC.
USDA symbol: ECANA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Blacksamson Echinacea
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Omaha
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Anesthetic
Notes: Poultice of smashed roots applied as an anesthetic to arms and hands.

RECRD: 85229 id: 12777

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