Liliaceae Fritillaria atropurpurea Nutt.

Spotted Missionbells

Lakota - Drug, Cancer Treatment

Use documented by:
Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 27

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Scientific name: Fritillaria atropurpurea Nutt.
USDA symbol: FRAT (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Spotted Missionbells
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Lakota
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cancer Treatment
Notes: Plant pulverized into a salve and applied to scrofulous swellings.

RECRD: 4769 id: 15352

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