Ranunculaceae Ranunculus glaberrimus Hook.
Sagebrush Buttercup
Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Poison
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 119
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Ranunculus glaberrimus Hook.
Scientific name: Ranunculus glaberrimus Hook.
USDA symbol: RAGLG (
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Common names: Sagebrush Buttercup
Family: Ranunculaceae
Family (APG): Ranunculaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Poison
Notes: Dried or mashed, fresh whole plant placed on a piece of meat as poisoned bait for coyotes.
RECRD: 12781 id: 32680