Asteraceae Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.
Louisiana Sagewort
Meskwaki - Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
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 211
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Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.
Scientific name: Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.
USDA symbol: ARLUL2 (
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Common names: Louisiana Sagewort
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Tuberculosis Remedy
Notes: Tincture of leaves used for old sores, especially scrofulous sores.
RECRD: 82166 id: 5390