Ranunculaceae Clematis ligusticifolia Nutt.

Western White Clematis

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Contraceptive

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 117

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Scientific name: Clematis ligusticifolia Nutt.
USDA symbol: CLLIL2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Western White Clematis
Family: Ranunculaceae
Family (APG): Ranunculaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Contraceptive
Notes: Stalk and roots used to make a women's contraceptive.

RECRD: 12777 id: 10235