Ericaceae Ledum groenlandicum Oeder

Bog Labradortea

Potawatomi - Food, Beverage

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 120

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Scientific name: Ledum groenlandicum Oeder
USDA symbol: LEGR (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Bog Labradortea
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Beverage
Notes: Leaves used to make a beverage and also used as a brown dye material.

RECRD: 370 id: 19843

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