Asteraceae Achillea millefolium L.
Common Yarrow
Nitinaht - Drug, Panacea
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 96
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Achillea millefolium L.
Scientific name: Achillea millefolium L.
USDA symbol: ACMIM2 (
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Common names: Common Yarrow
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Nitinaht
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Panacea
Notes: Plants chewed and swallowed as 'medicine for everything.'
RECRD: 47243 id: 904