Rubiaceae Galium triflorum Michx.
Fragrant Bedstraw
Kwakiutl - Drug, Analgesic
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 291
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Galium triflorum Michx.
Scientific name: Galium triflorum Michx.
USDA symbol: GATR3 (
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Common names: Fragrant Bedstraw
Family: Rubiaceae
Family (APG): Rubiaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Analgesic
Notes: Plant rubbed on the skin for chest pains.
RECRD: 86431 id: 15526