Rogów, Arboretum SGGW

It is native to eastern North America. Ornamental plant. Edible plant - flower buds cooked as a vegetable or pickled; young flowers raw; leaves raw or cooked, used in soups and stews; roots boiled or roasted; ripe seeds cooked or ground into a meal. Herbal plant - roots are alterative, anodyne, antiseptic, astringent and demulcent; a tea made from the roots is used in the treatment of TB, chronic bronchial complaints, diarrhoea, dysentery, gastrointestinal inflammation, gonorrhoea, vaginal discharge, inflamed glands, mouth sores and to stop bleeding; a poultice made from the roots is used in the treatment of swellings, boils, tumours, inflamed skin, vaginitis; a complete cure of uterine cancer by a decoction and uterine injection has been recorded.