Lamiaceae Agastache scrophulariifolia (Willd.) Kuntze

Purple Giant Hyssop

Meskwaki - Drug, Diuretic

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 225

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Scientific name: Agastache scrophulariifolia (Willd.) Kuntze
USDA symbol: AGSC (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Purple Giant Hyssop
Family: Lamiaceae
Family (APG): Lamiaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Diuretic
Notes: Infusion of root used as a diuretic.

RECRD: 80724 id: 1713

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