Rosaceae Geum triflorum Pursh

Prairiesmoke

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Love Medicine

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 126

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Scientific name: Geum triflorum Pursh
USDA symbol: GETRT (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Prairiesmoke
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Love Medicine
Notes: Infusion of roots taken as a love potion by a woman who wanted to win back the affections of a man.

RECRD: 12841 id: 15941