Liliaceae Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker

Columbian Lily

Okanagan-Colville - Food, Spice

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: Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
USDA symbol: LICO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Columbian Lily
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Spice
Notes: Bulbs dried into cakes and used as seasoning in meat soups.

RECRD: 12245 id: 20268