Apiaceae Osmorhiza longistylis (Torr.) DC.
Longstyle Sweetroot
Meskwaki - Drug, Eye 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 249
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Osmorhiza longistylis (Torr.) DC.
Scientific name: Osmorhiza longistylis (Torr.) DC.
USDA symbol: OSLO (
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Common names: Longstyle Sweetroot
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Eye Medicine
Notes: Used chiefly as an eye remedy.
RECRD: 90547 id: 24974