Liliaceae Fritillaria affinis var. affinis

Riceroot

Salish, Coast - Food, Unspecified

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 300

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Scientific name: Fritillaria affinis var. affinis
USDA symbol: FRAFA2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Riceroot
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Salish, Coast
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Bulbs used for food.

RECRD: 47047 id: 15344