Lamiaceae Pycnanthemum virginianum (L.) T. Dur. & B.D. Jackson ex B.L. Robins. & Fern.
Virginia Mountainmint
Meskwaki - Drug, Alterative
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 226227
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Pycnanthemum virginianum (L.) T. Dur. & B.D. Jackson ex B.L. Robins. & Fern.
Scientific name: Pycnanthemum virginianum (L.) T. Dur. & B.D. Jackson ex B.L. Robins. & Fern.
USDA symbol: PYVI (
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Common names: Virginia Mountainmint
Family: Lamiaceae
Family (APG): Lamiaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Alterative
Notes: Infusion of leaf used as an alterative 'when a person is all run down.'
RECRD: 92926 id: 31755