Colombia Puccoon or Stoneseed
(Lithospermum ruderale)
“Shoshoni women reportedly drank an infusion of Stoneseed root everyday to act as a contraceptive. Experiments using alcoholic extracts of the plant on mice eliminated the estrus cycle, thus verifying in part the Indian use.
This perennial has a clump of hairy stems and lanceolate leaves, 1 to 4 inches long. The flowers are in small clusters in the upper axils of the leaves. The plant grows in relatively dry places up to mid elevations up in the mountains.
The Greek name Lithospermum, comes from two Greek words, stone and seed, a reference to the very stony seeds. The common name, Puccoon, is an Indian (Native American) word for plants yielding dyes,”
Quoted from: Plants of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. By Richard J. Shaw, page 100.
Colombia Puccoon or Stoneseed
(Lithospermum ruderale)
“Shoshoni women reportedly drank an infusion of Stoneseed root everyday to act as a contraceptive. Experiments using alcoholic extracts of the plant on mice eliminated the estrus cycle, thus verifying in part the Indian use.
This perennial has a clump of hairy stems and lanceolate leaves, 1 to 4 inches long. The flowers are in small clusters in the upper axils of the leaves. The plant grows in relatively dry places up to mid elevations up in the mountains.
The Greek name Lithospermum, comes from two Greek words, stone and seed, a reference to the very stony seeds. The common name, Puccoon, is an Indian (Native American) word for plants yielding dyes,”
Quoted from: Plants of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. By Richard J. Shaw, page 100.