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Library · Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, 1919

VERBENA HASTATA L. Wild Verbena.

Melvin Randolph Gilmore, p. 111. Transcribed from the page image on September 25, 2026, as printed.

Verbena hastata L. Wild Verbena.

Chaⁿhaloga pezhuta (Dakota); pezhuta, medicine.

Pezhe makaⁿ (Omaha-Ponca); pezhe, herb; makaⁿ, medicine.

Among the Teton Dakota the leaves were boiled to make a drink as a remedy for stomach ache. Among the Omaha the leaves were steeped merely to make a beverage like tea.