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Plants of the Omaha Indian Reservation
An Ethonobotanical Report
Brickellia eupatorioides
Native American Names I only found two names for Boneset and are both used by the Mesquakies. They are "Skipwa'ishi mamitcakanakesiti" and "Manitowu"skw". Description The perennial native plant is 1-3 1/2 ft tall with no branches. Except near the apex where the flowering stems occur. The round stems are covered with fine white flowers. They often become brown with age, but are initially green. Their alternate leaves are up to 4 in. long and 1 1/2 in. across. These leaves are lanceolate, smooth or sparingly dentate, yellow-green or gray, and finely pubescent. The flowerheads consist of 7-21 small creamy white florets. A floret is a narrowly tubular with 5 small lobes and a protruding divided style. Each flowerhead is subtended by a cylinder of narrow green bracts. They bloom in the late summer or early fall, and lasts about a month. the achenes are long and cylindrical, and are grey or light brown. They also have white hair tufts. Location and Range False boneset is usually found in the southern area of Illinois. Occasionally it appears in the central and nothern areas of Illinois. Their habitats include dry upland area of black soil prairies, gravel prairies, dolomite prairies , clay prairies, hill prairies, bluffs, limestone glades, open woodlands, and sandy savannas. They don't form alrge colonies, but is mor likely to occur as sporadic plants. In moist, rich soiled areas it has trouble competing with the tall more aggressive plants. Uses The Navajo uses it for an old injury, cough, infection lotion for infants, lotion for fever or cough. By: Sam Dick
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