Plant Description:

• Open-wooded, moist prairie plant with a straight stem growing up to 50 cm tall
• Heart-shaped lobed leaves at base
• Closed pale pink flowers in loose clusters along the stem
• Roots can be applied to cuts to reduce bleeding and quicken healing
• Can make a tea to treat fevers and sore throats
• Found at Stop 1- on the Interpretive Nature Trail, and Stop 2

 

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-Sourced from Budd's Flora of the Canadian Prairie Provinces, 1979 and
Plants of the Western Boreal Forest & Aspen Parkland, 1995.
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