Purple Coneflower (black sampson, echinacea)

Echinacea angustifolia

Long-lived wildflower

Uses

• Relieved toothaches, sore throat, and stomachache
• Poultices reduced swellings, applied to burns and snakebites
• Smoke treatments cured headaches in people and distemper in horses

Release

• 2000 Bismarck Germplasm, North Dakota PMC

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