Apiaceae Polytaenia nuttallii DC.

Nuttall's Prairie Parsley

Meskwaki - Drug, Gynecological Aid

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: Polytaenia nuttallii DC.
USDA symbol: PONU4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Nuttall's Prairie Parsley
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Decoction of seeds taken by women for severe diarrhea.

RECRD: 92102 id: 29155

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