Taenidia integerrima explained

Taenidia integerrima, the yellow pimpernel, is an herbaceous plant in the parsley family. It is native to the eastern North America, where it is widespread. Its natural habitat is rocky prairies and woodlands, often over calcareous substrates.^{[1] [2]} It is a perennial.^[3]

Conservation status in the United States

It is listed as endangered in Connecticut,^[4] as historical in Rhode Island, and threatened in Vermont.^[5]

Native American ethnobotany

The Menominee take an infusion of root taken for pulmonary troubles, chew the steeped root for 'bronchial affections',^[6] and use it as a seasoner for other remedies because of the good smell.^[7] The Ojibwe smoke the seeds in a pipe before hunting for good luck.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States.
2. http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/savanna/plants/yl_pimpernel.htm Illinois Wildflowers
3. Web site: Plants Profile for Taenidia integerrima (yellow pimpernel) . plants.usda.gov . 24 January 2018 . .
4. http://www.ct.gov/deep/lib/deep/wildlife/pdf_files/nongame/ets15.pdf "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015"
5. Web site: Plants Profile for Taenidia integerrima (yellow pimpernel) . plants.usda.gov . 24 January 2018 . .
6. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 56
7. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 250
8. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 432