Plant Description:

• Upright, prairie plant growing up to 1 m tall; found in moist wooded areas
• Leaves form at base on long stalks, while upper leaves are stalkless
• May have up to 7 leaflets with toothed edges
• Umbrella-shaped cluster of green flowers
• Natives used as treatment for kidney problems, fevers, skin conditions, nervous conditions and sore throats
• Rumored that when taken it will find where the ailment is and begin fighting it
• Found at Stop 1 - on the Interpretive Nature and Hiking Trails

 

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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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