Asteraceae Arctium minus Bernh.

Lesser Burrdock

Potawatomi - Drug, Tonic

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 49

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Scientific name: Arctium minus Bernh.
USDA symbol: ARMI2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Lesser Burrdock
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Tonic
Notes: Infusion of root taken as a general tonic and blood purifier.

RECRD: 81743 id: 4306

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