Liliaceae Fritillaria pudica (Pursh) Spreng.

Yellow Missionbells

Okanagan-Colville - Food, Dried Food

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 46

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Scientific name: Fritillaria pudica (Pursh) Spreng.
USDA symbol: FRPU2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Yellow Missionbells
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Dried Food
Notes: Bulbs pit cooked, dried and stored for future use.

RECRD: 12242 id: 15376

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