Liliaceae Lilium philadelphicum L.
Wood Lily
Malecite - Drug, Cough Medicine
Use documented by:
Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 251
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Lilium philadelphicum L.
Scientific name: Lilium philadelphicum L.
USDA symbol: LIPHP (
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Common names: Wood Lily
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Malecite
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cough Medicine
Notes: Roots used with roots of blackberry and mountain raspberry, staghorn sumac for coughs.
RECRD: 44112 id: 20303