Apiaceae Lomatium nudicaule (Pursh) Coult. & Rose

Barestem Biscuitroot

Cowichan - Other, Ceremonial Items

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 89

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Scientific name: Lomatium nudicaule (Pursh) Coult. & Rose
USDA symbol: LONU2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Barestem Biscuitroot
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Cowichan
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Seeds burned to fumigate homes and to 'drive away ghosts.'

RECRD: 47688 id: 20986

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