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Eastern
Silver Aster (Aster concolor)
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1996
North Carolina Wildflower of the Year
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Scouring
Rush (Equisetum hymale)
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This
plant's stem walls are filled with silicon dioxide, making the plant
very abrasive. Early settlers and Native Americans used this plant
for cleaning and polishing wooden objects.
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Joe
Pye Weed (Eupatorium fistulosum)
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Native
Americans used concoctions of this plant to cure several types of
ailments. Legend has it the an Algonquin, Joe Pye, used this plant
to cure typhus fever. |
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Southern
Sneezeweed (Helenium flexuosum)
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This plant
contains a lactone known as Helenalin, that while it is poisonous
to some animals, also has anticancer properties.
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Seashore
Mallow (Kosteletzkya virginica)
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1989 North
Carolina Wildflower of the Year
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Spotted
Horse Mint (Monarda punctata)
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The leaves of
this plant were used by Native Americans to make a tea to treat flu,
colds, and fever, because it increased sweating. The essential oils
from this plant are high in thymol, an excellent fungicide
and bactericide. |
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Wild Quinine
(Parthenium integrifolium)
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This plant
has been used in a poultice to soothe burns, and also in a concoction
to treat fevers. It has also been said that the use of this plant
will stimulate and strengthen the immune system. |
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Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum
incanum)
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This plant, like most
mints, has been used to treat colds, fevers, and digestive troubles.
Specifically, the Cherokee used this plant in a poultice to treat
headaches, and in a tea for heart troubles and to prevent diarrhea. |
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Carolina
Birds-in-a-Nest (Macbridea caroliniana)
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This plant
is a South Carolina State Species of Concern, and appears on the
state's Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Species Inventory.
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Common Rush (Juncus
effuses)
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This plant
is sometimes used by basket makers as a coarser substitute for the
disappearing sweet grass. |
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