Asteraceae Silphium integrifolium Michx.
Wholeleaf Rosinweed
Meskwaki - Drug, Analgesic
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 216
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Silphium integrifolium Michx.
Scientific name: Silphium integrifolium Michx.
USDA symbol: SIINI (
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Common names: Wholeleaf Rosinweed
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Analgesic
Notes: Root steam directed to crippled area and used for pain.
RECRD: 95200 id: 37999