Apiaceae Lomatium dissectum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance

Fernleaf Buscuitroot

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 66

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Scientific name: Lomatium dissectum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance
USDA symbol: LODID2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Fernleaf Buscuitroot
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Blood Medicine
Notes: Shoots used to 'change the blood' to adapt to the summer's heat.

RECRD: 12339 id: 20774