Apiaceae Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.

Button Eryngo

Natchez - Drug, Hemostat

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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Scientific name: Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
USDA symbol: ERYUY (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Button Eryngo
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Natchez
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Hemostat
Notes: Stem and leaves chewed for nosebleeds.

RECRD: 85901 id: 14266