Fabaceae Astragalus miser Dougl.

Weedy Milkvetch

Okanagan-Colville - Other, Season Indicator

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 28

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Scientific name: Astragalus miser Dougl.
USDA symbol: ASMIM4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Weedy Milkvetch
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Season Indicator
Notes: Blooming plant indicated that the lodgepole pine cambium was ready to harvest.

RECRD: 12166 id: 6517

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