Names
Shoshone:
English: Grouse Whortleberry
Scientific: Vaccinium scoparium
Zone
Subalpine
Harvest Time
- Mid to late summer
Primary Uses
- Berries: In pemican and goatsup tiny and red
- Leaves high in proanthocyanidin
Secondary Uses
- Leaves: eye medicine
- Old people’s medicine
Cautions
- None Listed
Active Principle(s)
- None Listed
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Notes
Medicinal Uses
- Diarrhea: Leaf tea
- Eyes: Leaf and berry tea as eye medicine
- Old People’s Medicine: Leaf tea to prevent blindness (macular degeneration)
- Vitamin C: Leaf, berry tea