Asteraceae Lactuca tatarica var. pulchella (Pursh) Breitung

Blue Lettuce

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Antidiarrheal

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 84

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Scientific name: Lactuca tatarica var. pulchella (Pursh) Breitung
USDA symbol: LATAP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Blue Lettuce
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antidiarrheal
Notes: Infusion of roots and stems given to children for diarrhea.

RECRD: 12486 id: 19399

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