Liliaceae Veratrum viride Ait.

American False Hellebore

Oweekeno - Other, Ceremonial Items

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 79

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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: Oweekeno
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Roots burned to fumigate the houses of recently deceased persons.

RECRD: 60863 id: 42729

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