Orchidaceae Platanthera stricta Lindl.
Modoc Bog Orchid
Kwakiutl - Drug, Love Medicine
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 275
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Platanthera stricta Lindl.
Scientific name: Platanthera stricta Lindl.
USDA symbol: PLST4 (
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Common names: Modoc Bog Orchid
Family: Orchidaceae
Family (APG): Orchidaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Love Medicine
Notes: Compound with plant used as a love charm.
RECRD: 87049 id: 28558