Liliaceae Erythronium revolutum Sm.

Mahogany Fawnlily

Kwakiutl, Southern - Food, Dried Food

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 272

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Scientific name: Erythronium revolutum Sm.
USDA symbol: ERRE5 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Mahogany Fawnlily
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl, Southern
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Dried Food
Notes: Bulbs sun dried, boiled, mixed with grease and eaten at large feasts.

RECRD: 46907 id: 14368

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