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Goat's Rue - Tephrosia virginiana

Native Americans and early settlers made tea from the roots to fight intestinal parasites. Cherokee women washed their hair in it to transfer the toughness to their hair to keep it from falling out. The roots of the plant contain rotenone which Native American fishermen would use to stun fish, and the plants were fed to goats by early settlers to simulate milk production. Plants grow in acidic soil throughout the Ozarks. A small plant, about two feet tall, with dense hairs giving it a gray color.

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Uploaded on May 27, 2022
Taken on August 30, 2020