Asteraceae Echinacea angustifolia DC.
Blacksamson Echinacea
Ponca - Drug, Other
Use documented by:
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 131
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Echinacea angustifolia DC.
Scientific name: Echinacea angustifolia DC.
USDA symbol: ECANA (
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Common names: Blacksamson Echinacea
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Ponca
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Other
Notes: Plant used in the steambath to 'render the great heat endurable.'
RECRD: 85258 id: 12807