Apiaceae Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
Button Eryngo
Natchez - Drug, Antidiarrheal
Use documented by:
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 45
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Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
Scientific name: Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
USDA symbol: ERYUY (
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Common names: Button Eryngo
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Natchez
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antidiarrheal
Notes: Infusion of parched leaves taken for dysentery.
RECRD: 85900 id: 14265