Asteraceae Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers

Common Dandelion

Mohegan - Drug, Cathartic

Use documented by:
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 75, 132

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Scientific name: Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers
USDA symbol: TAOFO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Dandelion
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Mohegan
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cathartic
Notes: Strong infusion of dried leaves taken as a physic.

RECRD: 95958 id: 39376

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