Virginia Virgin's-bower,
Clematis virginiana L.
(also known as devil's darning needles, devil's hair, love vine, traveller's joy, virgin's bower, wild hops, and woodbine), and is the most common clematis in New England.
Attracts: Hummingbirds & Bees.
Medicinal: An extract of the stems was used as a wash to induce strange dreams by the Iroquois. It is a hallucinogen. Aboriginals used this plant as medicine for many purposes. The Cherokee used an infusion of this with milkweed (Asclepias) to treat backache, as well as using it in ceremonial medicine to induce dreaming. They also used it as an ingredient in ceremonial green corn medicine. An infusion of the root is taken for stomach trouble and nerves. An infusion taken from the root was used to kidney trouble by the Cherokee and the Iroquois. The Iroquois also used and infusion of the roots to treat veneral disease sores.
Medicinal: An extract of the stems was used as a wash to induce strange dreams by the Iroquois. It is a hallucinogen. Aboriginals used this plant as medicine for many purposes. The Cherokee used an infusion of this with milkweed (Asclepias) to treat backache, as well as using it in ceremonial medicine to induce dreaming. They also used it as an ingredient in ceremonial green corn medicine. An infusion of the root is taken for stomach trouble and nerves. An infusion taken from the root was used to kidney trouble by the Cherokee and the Iroquois. The Iroquois also used and infusion of the roots to treat veneral disease sores.
Warning: All parts are POISONOUS. The toxic foliage is avoided by mammalian herbivores. However, the foliage of Virgin's Bower can provide significant cover and nesting habitat for many songbirds.
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