Asteraceae Artemisia frigida Willd.
Fringed Sagewort
Potawatomi - Drug, Stimulant
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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Artemisia frigida Willd.
Scientific name: Artemisia frigida Willd.
USDA symbol: ARFR4 (
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Common names: Fringed Sagewort
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Stimulant
Notes: Leaves and flowers fumed on live coals to revive comatose patient.
RECRD: 82097 id: 5293