Mountain Lines

by Nelso Haas

 

AMERICAN SPIKENARD

American Spikenard, Aralia racemosa, not to be confused with the Far Eastern Spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi mentioned in the Bible, is a native North American, plant. It was used by the American Indians to treat just about everything.

 

(Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)

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