Asteraceae Verbesina virginica L.

White Crownbeard

Choctaw - Drug, Febrifuge

Use documented by:
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 64

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Scientific name: Verbesina virginica L.
USDA symbol: VEVIV (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: White Crownbeard
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Choctaw
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Cold infusion of pounded roots taken for fevers.

RECRD: 97053 id: 42916

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