Urticaceae Urtica dioica L.

Stinging Nettle

Okanagan-Colville - Other, Ceremonial Items

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 140

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Scientific name: Urtica dioica L.
USDA symbol: URDID (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Stinging Nettle
Family: Urticaceae
Family (APG): Urticaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Plant used to make a tea taken during 'sweathousing' and used to 'wash' the skin and hair.

RECRD: 13031 id: 41725

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