Liliaceae Calochortus macrocarpus Dougl.

Sagebrush Mariposa Lily

Okanagan-Colville - Food, Unspecified

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 41

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Scientific name: Calochortus macrocarpus Dougl.
USDA symbol: CAMAM9 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Sagebrush Mariposa Lily
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Bulbs eaten raw or pit cooked with other roots.

RECRD: 12229 id: 7735

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