| Latin name: | Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. |
| Botanical family: | Asteraceae |
| Growth habit: | Herb |
| Vernacular name(s): | pearly overlasting (Eng.)
anaphale marguerite, immortelle (Fr.)
wa'bigwûn, basi'bagûk (Ojibwa)
kawapukanik (Atikamekw) |
| Uses: | | • | Plant decoction used for coughing and consumption [Algonquians: 63]. Poultice used against burns [Algonquin: 68]. | | • | Flowers : | Decoction used in paralysis [Ojibwa 47]. Powder sprinkled on live coals and inhaled by a person who has a stroke of paralysis [Ojibwa 87]. | | • | Leaves : | Boiled and applied to burns and skin problems [Atikamekw 73]. |
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