Ranunculaceae Anemone cylindrica Gray
Candle Anemone
Meskwaki - Drug, Psychological 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 238
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Anemone cylindrica Gray
Scientific name: Anemone cylindrica Gray
USDA symbol: ANCY (
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Common names: Candle Anemone
Family: Ranunculaceae
Family (APG): Ranunculaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Psychological Aid
Notes: Used as a medicine for 'crazy people.'
RECRD: 81161 id: 3340