Asteraceae Solidago speciosa Nutt.

Showy Goldenrod

Meskwaki - Drug, Burn Dressing

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 218

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Scientific name: Solidago speciosa Nutt.
USDA symbol: SOSPS4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Showy Goldenrod
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Burn Dressing
Notes: Infusion of root used for burns or steam scalds.

RECRD: 95579 id: 38475

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