| Reference Source | Reference Type | Archival Data | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Boullenger, Antoine-Robert, S.J. 1719-1744 | Description |
"the bulb is white and sticks entirely out of the ground. The stem is one-foot high, with four-sided leaves and a little red button on the head". |
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| Le Boullenger, Antoine-Robert, S.J. 1719-1744 | Use - Medicinal |
"8icapisia", "root to protect oneself from the bites of the snake which makes it [the snake] flee" ("racine pour se garantir de la moisure des serpens et qui les fait fuire. L'oignon est blanc et sort hors de terre. La tige a un pied de haut. Les feuilles 4 cotes et un petit bouton rouge a la teste"). |
Translation from French to English by McCafferty; not sure if Prenanthes racemosa designation is by McCafferty 2003, or previously assigned by another. – Michael Gonella |
| Reference Source | Reference Type | Data | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gleason, H.A. and Cronquist, A. 1991 | Habitat | Prenanthes racemosa occurs in streambanks, moist meadows and prairies in eastern Myaamia lands. |
| Reference Source | Reference Type | Data | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gonella, M.P 2003-2006 | This description closely fits other ethnographic entries of colic-root, Aletris farinosa, except the portion about the little red button on the head. McCafferty (unpublished?) cites Masthay's (2002:237) interpretation of this entry of LeBoullenger to describe Prenanthes racemosa. Prenanthes alba is commonly called rattlesnake root, and Moerman's ethnobotanical database lists several native community's uses of this species for snakebite cure, not P. racemosa. |