Hardy North American prairie legume whose root bark contains substantial N,N-DMT — making it a temperate ecological analog of the Amazonian DMT-rich Mimosas.
ECOLOGY & HABITAT
Deep-rooted perennial of tallgrass prairie, stream banks, and roadside disturbances across the central United States.
Distribution
United States (Great Plains, Midwest, South)
TRADITIONAL USE
- Some indigenous medicinal use of the root for itching and eye complaints
CULTURAL CONTEXT
Investigated in the 1990s as a sustainable, locally-grown DMT source by Jonathan Ott and others.
GALLERY
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REFERENCES
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- Ott 1996
- Thompson et al. 1987
