Latin name:
Sporobolus heterolepis
(A. Gray) A. Gray
Botanical family:
Poaceae
Growth habit:
Herb
Vernacular name(s):
prairie dropseed (Eng.)
sporobole à glumes inégales (Fr.)
napo'gûshkuns' (Ojibwa)
Uses:
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Roots :
Crushed by pounding or chewing and applied as a poultice to sores. Boiled and the decoction taken to induce emesis, "to remove bile" [Ojibwa 84].