Liliaceae Veratrum viride Ait.

American False Hellebore

Kitasoo - Other, Protection

Use documented by:
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 323

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Scientific name: Veratrum viride Ait.
USDA symbol: VEVI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: American False Hellebore
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Kitasoo
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Protection
Notes: Roots and rhizomes burned and smoke used as protection from ghosts and 'demons.'

RECRD: 61529 id: 42700

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