Saxifragaceae Heuchera americana L.

American Alumroot

Meskwaki - Drug, Panacea

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 246

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Scientific name: Heuchera americana L.
USDA symbol: HEAMA2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: American Alumroot
Family: Saxifragaceae
Family (APG): Saxifragaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Panacea
Notes: Compound containing root used as a 'healer.'

RECRD: 87402 id: 17038

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