rheumatism weed

Noun

• North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints

• Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  common dogbane , spreading dogbane , Apocynum androsaemifolium , Indian hemp , Apocynum cannabinum