Poaceae Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) J.A. Schultes

Prairie Junegrass

Cheyenne - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine

Use documented by:
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 10

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Scientific name: Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) J.A. Schultes
USDA symbol: KOMA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Prairie Junegrass
Family: Poaceae
Family (APG): Poaceae
Native American Tribe: Cheyenne
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Plant used in the Sun Dance ceremony.

RECRD: 88354 id: 19296

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