Yellow Prairie Coneflower – Ratibida Columnaris

Description

It is a plant that have been much used by Native American for centuries, as a medicine and as a ritual usage plant. An elixir of this plant has been used to treat pain, snake bites, poison ivy rashes. The heads of the plant have been used to make a tea for an upset stomach, epileptic fits, headache, cough and fever. When the flowers are boiled and a mordant added the liquid makes a beautiful orange-yellow dye.