Malaria

Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest:

Common Name: Purple Coneflower

Genus and Species Name: Echinacea purpurea

Active Chemical Ingredients: kaempferol

Usage of specimen: To treat malaria

Preparation: Tea made from roots

Sources: 
Morstead, P. (n.d.). Echinacea. Retrieved September 7, 2015, from http://www.digherbs.com/echinacea.html 

Echinacea purpurea - Natural medicine facts. (n.d.). Retrieved September 7, 2015, from http://www.naturalmedicinefacts.info/plant/echinacea-purpurea.html

Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest:


Common name: Cardinal Flower

Genus and Species: Lobelia cardinalis

  

Active chemical ingredient: Lobeline

Usage: Breaks fever

Preparation: Tea made from the leaves

Sources:
Lobelia cardinalis - Plant Finder. (n.d.). Retrieved September 9, 2015, from http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=d940

Cardinal Flower. (n.d.). Retrieved September 9, 2015, from http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/cardinal-flower