Liliaceae Fritillaria camschatcensis (L.) Ker-Gawl.

Kamchatka Missionbells

Bella Coola - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 199

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Scientific name: Fritillaria camschatcensis (L.) Ker-Gawl.
USDA symbol: FRCA5 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Kamchatka Missionbells
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Bella Coola
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Bulbs formerly boiled and eaten with sugar and grease.

RECRD: 47780 id: 15358