🪶Indigenous / Native American
Dogwood (Flowering)
Cornus florida
About Dogwood (Flowering)
Dogwood (Flowering) (Cornus florida) is a herb used in the Indigenous / Native American tradition to help with Fever, Malaria, and Digestive Issues. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Cornus florida, the flowering dogwood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae native to eastern North America and northern Mexico. An endemic population once spanned from southernmost coastal Maine south to northern Florida and west to the Mississippi River. The tree is commonly planted as an ornamental in residential and public areas because of its showy bracts and interesting bark structure.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · internalLeaves · internal