Gentianaceae Frasera montana Mulford
White Elkweed
Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Tuberculosis 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 106
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Frasera montana Mulford
Scientific name: Frasera montana Mulford
USDA symbol: FRMO (
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Common names: White Elkweed
Family: Gentianaceae
Family (APG): Gentianaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Tuberculosis Remedy
Notes: Infusion of roots taken for tuberculosis.
RECRD: 12679 id: 15155