Polygonaceae Eriogonum heracleoides Nutt.
Parsnipflower Buckwheat
Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Cold Remedy
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 112
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Eriogonum heracleoides Nutt.
Scientific name: Eriogonum heracleoides Nutt.
USDA symbol: ERHEH3 (
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Common names: Parsnipflower Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cold Remedy
Notes: Decoction of roots and stems taken for colds.
RECRD: 12751 id: 14019