Urticaceae Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland.
California Nettle
Kwakiutl, Southern - Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 292
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Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland.
Scientific name: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland.
USDA symbol: URDIG (
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Common names: California Nettle
Family: Urticaceae
Family (APG): Urticaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl, Southern
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Hunting & Fishing Item
Notes: Plants split, dried, pounded and used to make fishing nets.
RECRD: 47014 id: 41787