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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Scientific name: Osmorhiza longistylis (Torr.) DC.
USDA symbol: OSLO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
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