Orchidaceae Cypripedium montanum Dougl. ex Lindl.

Mountain Lady's Slipper

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Reproductive Aid

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 52

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Scientific name: Cypripedium montanum Dougl. ex Lindl.
USDA symbol: CYMO2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Mountain Lady's Slipper
Family: Orchidaceae
Family (APG): Orchidaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Reproductive Aid
Notes: Infusion of leaves and stalks taken by a pregnant woman to have a small baby.

RECRD: 12260 id: 11928

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