Brassicaceae Cardamine douglassii Britt.
Limestone Bittercress
Iroquois - Drug, Witchcraft Medicine
Use documented by:
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 340
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Cardamine douglassii Britt.
Scientific name: Cardamine douglassii Britt.
USDA symbol: CADO (
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Common names: Limestone Bittercress
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Iroquois
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Witchcraft Medicine
Notes: Infusion of smashed roots used to divine the perpetrator of witchcraft.
RECRD: 83373 id: 8046