Entry Detail


Virginia snakeroot


Entry Type:  
Species
Scientific Name:  
Common Name:  
Virginia snakeroot
Myaamia Name:  
Habitats:  
Beech-Maple Forest, Oak Forest including Oak-Hickory, Beech-Oak-Maple Mixed Mesophytic

Media 
Media not available.
Myaamia Archival Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Archival Data Comments
Kenton, E. 1925 Use - Medicinal

Aristolochia serpentaria or Polygala senega could possibly be the plant species referred to here, as used to cure snakebites.

Botanical Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Gleason, H.A. and Cronquist, A. 1991 Habitat 

Occurs in moist or dry upland woods in eastern and western Myaamia lands.

Related Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Moerman, D. 1998  

Used as a snakebite remedy by the Cherokee, Mohegan and Rappahannock communities, all using the pounded or chewed root applied as a poultice to the wound.