Boraginaceae Lithospermum ruderale Dougl. ex Lehm.

Western Gromwell

Okanagan-Colville - Other, Water Indicator

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 91

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Scientific name: Lithospermum ruderale Dougl. ex Lehm.
USDA symbol: LIRU4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Western Gromwell
Family: Boraginaceae
Family (APG): Boraginaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Water Indicator
Notes: Plant used as a charm to make it rain.

RECRD: 12528 id: 20619

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