Onagraceae Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium

Fireweed

Okanagan-Colville - Food, Forage

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 110

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Scientific name: Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium
USDA symbol: CHANA2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Fireweed
Family: Onagraceae
Family (APG): Onagraceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Forage
Notes: Plant eaten by horses and deer.

RECRD: 12727 id: 9302

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