Apiaceae Lomatium dissectum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance

Fernleaf Buscuitroot

Paiute, Northern - Drug, Analgesic

Use documented by:
Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 129

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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: Paiute, Northern
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Analgesic
Notes: Roots smoked and decoction of roots taken or used as a head wash for head pains.

RECRD: 9054 id: 20788