Polygonaceae Eriogonum heracleoides Nutt.
Parsnipflower Buckwheat
Thompson - Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 237
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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: Thompson
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Tuberculosis Remedy
Notes: Infusion of plant taken in large quantities for tuberculosis.
RECRD: 33374 id: 14039