Liliaceae Prosartes hookeri var. hookeri

Drops Of Gold

Costanoan - Drug, Kidney Aid

Use documented by:
Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 28

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Scientific name: Prosartes hookeri var. hookeri
USDA symbol: DIHOH (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Drops Of Gold
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Costanoan
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Kidney Aid
Notes: Fruit used for the kidneys.

RECRD: 85139 id: 29915