Liliaceae Veratrum viride Ait.
American False Hellebore
Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Hunting Medicine
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 50
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Veratrum viride Ait.
Scientific name: Veratrum viride Ait.
USDA symbol: VEVI (
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Common names: American False Hellebore
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Hunting Medicine
Notes: Roots rubbed in each eye and the tip of the nose of hunting dogs during 'training.'
RECRD: 12254 id: 42722