Liliaceae Trillium chloropetalum (Torr.) T.J. Howell

Giant Wakerobin

Yurok - Drug, Burn Dressing

Use documented by:
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 59

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Scientific name: Trillium chloropetalum (Torr.) T.J. Howell
USDA symbol: TRCHC (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Giant Wakerobin
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Yurok
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Burn Dressing
Notes: Poultice of bulb scrapings applied to burns.

RECRD: 6014 id: 40690