Campanulaceae Lobelia siphilitica L.

Great Blue Lobelia

Meskwaki - Drug, Love Medicine

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 231232

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Scientific name: Lobelia siphilitica L.
USDA symbol: LOSIS2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Great Blue Lobelia
Family: Campanulaceae
Family (APG): Campanulaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Love Medicine
Notes: Finely chopped roots eaten by couple to avert divorce and renew love.

RECRD: 88943 id: 20704

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