Liliaceae Calochortus gunnisonii S. Wats.
Gunnison's Mariposa Lily
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Panacea
Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 20
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Calochortus gunnisonii S. Wats.
Scientific name: Calochortus gunnisonii S. Wats.
USDA symbol: CAGUG (
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Common names: Gunnison's Mariposa Lily
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Panacea
Notes: Bulb used as 'life medicine.'
RECRD: 83298 id: 7725