Polygonaceae Polygonum amphibium var. emersum Michx.
Longroot Smartweed
Ojibwa - Drug, Hunting Medicine
Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 431
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Polygonum amphibium var. emersum Michx.
Scientific name: Polygonum amphibium var. emersum Michx.
USDA symbol: POAME (
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Common names: Longroot Smartweed
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Hunting Medicine
Notes: Dried flowers included in the hunting medicine and smoked to attract deer to the hunter.
RECRD: 250 id: 28876