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Rudbeckia hirta

(Black-Eyed Susan)

Asteraceae

Traditional remedy or use: Used by Seminole, Cherokee, Iroquois and many other Indian tribes as a bath for sores or snakebites. Also used to treat dropsy, earaches, diarrhea, worms, headache, fever and heart problems. Yellow dyes were made from flowers.

 

 

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