Oenothera biennis L.
Common names: Common Eveningprimrose
Species details (USDA):
USDA OEBI
Documented uses
12 uses documented
Cherokee
Drug, Dietary Aid
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 33)
Cherokee
Drug, Hemorrhoid Remedy
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 33)
Cherokee
Food, Vegetable
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 33)
Cherokee
Food, Vegetable
detail...
(Perry, Myra Jean,
1975,
Food Use of 'Wild' Plants by Cherokee Indians,
The University of Tennessee, M.S. Thesis,
pages 49)
Gosiute
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Chamberlin, Ralph V.,
1911,
The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah,
Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405.,
pages 375)
Iroquois
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 390)
Iroquois
Drug, Hemorrhoid Remedy
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 390)
Iroquois
Drug, Stimulant
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 390)
Iroquois
Drug, Strengthener
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 390)
Lakota
Other, Incense & Fragrance
detail...
(Rogers, Dilwyn J,
1980,
Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota,
St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety,
pages 52)
Ojibwa
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1932,
Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525,
pages 376)
Potawatomi
Drug, Unspecified
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1933,
Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230,
pages 66, 67)