Santalaceae Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt.

Bastard Toadflax

Okanagan-Colville - Food, Sweetener

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 138

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Scientific name: Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt.
USDA symbol: COUMU (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Bastard Toadflax
Family: Santalaceae
Family (APG): Santalaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Sweetener
Notes: Flowers sucked by children for the sweet nectar.

RECRD: 13004 id: 10486

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