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Fw: Pale Indian Plantain -ethnobotanical info ? try this:

Paul:  I have skimmed some of my native edible & herbal plant books, and none of them list Cacalia or Arnoglossum - not even Culpeper or Sturtevant.  I would be interested to know what more you find out           Geoff
 
Royce @ wyldvision:  can you contribute?     Geoff
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Geoff Stanford <g*@swbell.net>
To: prairie@mallorn.com <prairie@mallorn.com>
Date: Monday, December 21, 1998 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: Pale Indian Plantain -ethnobotanical info ? try this:

Paul Olson:   according to my O E D , 1961 reprint of 1933 edn, p 951ff, the word was first used botanically in 1265 a.d., in England, but does not say what herb it applies to there
 
Where are you growing it?   We have here, in Dallas Tx,  C. plantaginea (aka. tuberosa).  Your C. atri- is not listed in our Tx reference Correll & Johnston, altho Flora of the Great Plains says it is growing in this region, but I have not seen it yet.   For me  C. tub. needs continually damp soil.  Would you like to swap seeds?
 
Geoff       g*@swbell.net   Dallas Nature Center  7171 Mountain Creek Pkwy  DS  TX  75249-1159
-----Original Message------
From: Paul M. Olsson <p*@mbox305.swipnet.se>
To: prairie <prairie@mallorn.com>
Date: Monday, December 21, 1998 4:14 PM
Subject: Pale Indian Plantain -ethnobotanical info ?

I am wondering if anybody knows where the name plantain comes from in Pale Indian Plantain. If someone knows if it has any culinary or medicinal properties, or if it was used by Native Americans in any way. I would appreciate all  information. I am growing it in my garden, and I would like to find out as much as possible about this species. The scientific name is Arnoglossum atriplicifolia aka  Cacalia atriplicifolia.
Yours sincerely,
                               p*@mbox305.swipnet.se
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