Saxifragaceae Heuchera cylindrica Dougl. ex Hook.

Roundleaf Alumroot

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Blood 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 138

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Scientific name: Heuchera cylindrica Dougl. ex Hook.
USDA symbol: HECYC (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Roundleaf Alumroot
Family: Saxifragaceae
Family (APG): Saxifragaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Blood Medicine
Notes: Decoction of roots and Oregon grape roots used as a tonic for the 'changing of the blood.'

RECRD: 13012 id: 17054

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