Caryophyllaceae Silene scouleri Hook.

Scouler's Campion

Gosiute - Drug, Emetic

Use documented by:
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 381

View all documented uses for Silene scouleri Hook.

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Scientific name: Silene scouleri Hook.
USDA symbol: SISCS3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Scouler's Campion
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Family (APG): Caryophyllaceae
Native American Tribe: Gosiute
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Warm infusion of pounded plant used as an emetic for stomach pain.

RECRD: 95185 id: 37993

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