Latin name:	Silphium perfoliatum L.
Botanical family:	Asteraceae
Growth habit:	Herb
Vernacular name(s):	cup-plant (Eng.) silphe perfolié (Fr.) akûn'damo, asasa'weskûk (Ojibwa)
Uses:	• Used for stomach trouble, and hemorrhage [Ojibwa: 87]. • Roots : Decoction taken in lung troubles and in amenorrhoea. Dried, pounded and used as a moist compress to stop bleeding from wounds [Chippewa 47]. Tea used in rheumatic pains [Ojibwa 87].