Liliaceae Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt.

Common Beargrass

Makah - Other, Cash Crop

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 87

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Scientific name: Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt.
USDA symbol: XETE (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Beargrass
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Makah
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Cash Crop
Notes: Leaves sold to the Nootkan and Hesquiat tribes.

RECRD: 47214 id: 43724

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