Poaceae Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata

Bluebunch Wheatgrass

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Antirheumatic (External)

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 53

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Scientific name: Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata
USDA symbol: PSSPS (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Bluebunch Wheatgrass
Family: Poaceae
Family (APG): Poaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antirheumatic (External)
Notes: Decoction of leaves used for bathing sore, swollen, crippled or paralyzed limbs caused by arthritis.

RECRD: 12265 id: 31140

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