Strecker's Cabinet of Curiosities

Common boneset

A jar of dried common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum). Collected circa 1920. Collection location and collector unknown.
  • A jar of dried common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum). Collected circa 1920.

Collection location and collector unknown.

This plant was named boneset by early herb doctors who thought it would help in the setting of bones. The leaves would be wrapped with bandages around splints.