Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Plantae > Phylum Tracheophyta > Subphylum Angiospermae > Class Magnoliopsida > Order Asterales > Family Campanulaceae > Subfamily Campanuloideae > Genus Triodanis > Species Triodanis perfoliata
My image of Triodanis perfoliata, taken March 1, 2023 in Chalmette, LA, USA
FACT: While the Cherokee people use this as a bathing tonic for indigestion, the Meskwaki people instead eat it to induce vomiting (and they smoke it, which seems dubious)!
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