🪶Indigenous / Native American
Gilia (Scarlet)
Ipomopsis aggregata
About Gilia (Scarlet)
Gilia (Scarlet) (Ipomopsis aggregata) is a herb used in the Indigenous / Native American tradition to help with Fever, Headache, and Respiratory Issues. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Ipomopsis aggregata is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family (Polemoniaceae), commonly known as scarlet trumpet, scarlet gilia, or skyrocket because of its scarlet red flowers with lobes curving back as if blown back by rocketing through the air.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · internalLeaves · internal