| Lupinus sp. Lupine |
Blackfoot Drug, Respiratory Aid Infusion of plant taken for hiccups. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 72 |
| Lupinus sp. Lupine |
Blackfoot Drug, Veterinary Aid Infusion of leaves applied to wounds caused by small biting flies, especially on the chest & udder. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 89 |
| Lupinus sp. Lupine |
Blackfoot Other, Ceremonial Items Leaves chewed by ceremonialist, to reinforce his powers, before he undertook any face painting. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 38 |
| Lupinus sp. Lupine |
Blackfoot Other, Incense & Fragrance Used as incense in the Ghost Dance. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 38 |
| Lupinus sp. Lupine |
Costanoan Food, Staple Seeds used for pinole. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 250 |
| Lupinus sp. Lupine |
Kitasoo Food, Unspecified Roots used for food. Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 337 |
| Lupinus sp. Lupine |
Luiseno Food, Unspecified Leaves used for food. Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 87 |
| Lupinus sp. Lupine |
Luiseno Food, Vegetable Plant used for greens. Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 231 |
| Lupinus sp. Lupine |
Navajo Other, Ceremonial Items Used in the Male Shooting Chant. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 56 |
| Lupinus sp. Lupine |
Paiute Drug, Diuretic Plant used for 'failure in urination.' Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 102 |
| Lupinus sp. Lupine |
Paiute Drug, Diuretic Plant used for failure to urinate. Steward, Julian H., 1933, Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250, page 317 |
| Lupinus sp. Lupine |
Paiute Drug, Urinary Aid Plant used for bladder trouble. Steward, Julian H., 1933, Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250, page 317 |
| Lupinus sp. Lupine |
Paiute Food, Forage Plants used for horse and cattle food. Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 86 |
| Lupinus sp. Lupine |
Shoshoni Drug, Diuretic Plant used for 'failure in urination.' Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 102 |
| Lupinus sp. Lupine |
Thompson Drug, Poison Plant considered poisonous. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 224 |
| Lupinus sp. Lupine |
Thompson Drug, Veterinary Aid Plant eaten by horses as medicine. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 224 |
| Lupinus sp. Lupine |
Thompson Food, Fodder Used as a fodder for horses and cattle. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 514 |
| Lupinus sp. Lupine |
Yavapai Food, Vegetable Boiled leaves used for greens. Gifford, E. W., 1936, Northeastern and Western Yavapai, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 34:247-345, page 257 |
| Lupinus sp. Lupine |
Yuki Food, Vegetable Young plants roasted and eaten as greens. Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 88 |
| Lupinus succulentus Dougl. ex K. Koch Hollowleaf Annual Lupine USDA LUSU3 |
Pomo, Kashaya Other, Ceremonial Items Flowers used in wreaths for the Flower Dance performed at the Strawberry Festival in May. Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 65 |
| Lupinus sulphureus Dougl. ex Hook. Sulphur Lupine USDA LUSU5 |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Eye Medicine Seeds pounded, mixed with water, strained and resulting liquid used as an eye medicine. 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 105 |
| Lupinus sulphureus Dougl. ex Hook. Sulphur Lupine USDA LUSU5 |
Okanagan-Colville Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Plants used for bedding and as flooring in the sweathouse. 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 105 |
| Lupinus sulphureus Dougl. ex Hook. Sulphur Lupine USDA LUSU5 |
Okanagan-Colville Food, Forage Plant considered the marmot's favorite food. 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 105 |
| Lupinus sulphureus Dougl. ex Hook. Sulphur Lupine USDA LUSU5 |
Okanagan-Colville Other, Season Indicator Blooms indicated that groundhogs were fat enough to eat. 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 105 |
| Lupinus versicolor Lindl. Manycolored Lupine USDA LUVE |
Pomo, Kashaya Other, Ceremonial Items Flowers used in wreaths for the Flower Dance performed at the Strawberry Festival in May. Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 65 |
| Lupinus wyethii S. Wats. Wyeth's Lupine USDA LUWYW |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Eye Medicine Seeds pounded, mixed with water, strained and resulting liquid used as an eye medicine. 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 105 |
| Lupinus wyethii S. Wats. Wyeth's Lupine USDA LUWYW |
Okanagan-Colville Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Plants used for bedding and as flooring in the sweathouse. 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 105 |
| Lupinus wyethii S. Wats. Wyeth's Lupine USDA LUWYW |
Okanagan-Colville Food, Forage Plant considered the marmot's favorite food. 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 105 |
| Lupinus wyethii S. Wats. Wyeth's Lupine USDA LUWYW |
Okanagan-Colville Other, Season Indicator Blooms indicated that groundhogs were fat enough to eat. 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 105 |
| Lycopodium dendroideum Michx. Tree Groundpine USDA LYDE |
Montagnais Drug, Cathartic Decoction of plant taken as a purgative for biliousness. Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 316 |
| Lycopodium dendroideum Michx. Tree Groundpine USDA LYDE |
Montagnais Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Decoction of plant taken as a purgative 'in case of biliousness.' Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 316 |
| Lycopodium dendroideum Michx. Tree Groundpine USDA LYDE |
Penobscot Drug, Unspecified Plant thought to have 'some medicinal value.' Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 309 |
| Lycopodium sabinifolium Willd. Savinleaf Groundpine USDA LYSA |
Iroquois Drug, Venereal Aid Compound decoction with plant taken for gonorrhea. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 263 |
| Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John American Skunkcabbage USDA LYAM3 |
Haisla and Hanaksiala Other, Cooking Tools Leaves used to wrap western hemlock cambium, bear meat and porcupine meat while cooking. Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 189 |
| Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John American Skunkcabbage USDA LYAM3 |
Kwakiutl, Southern Other, Cooking Tools Leaves used with green grass leaves to line steaming boxes for cooking lupine roots. Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 285 |
| Madia elegans D. Don ex Lindl. Common Madia USDA MAELE |
Shoshoni Food, Unspecified Seeds roasted and eaten alone or mixed with manzanita berries, acorns and pine nuts. Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 440 |
| Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. Hollyleaved Barberry USDA MAAQ2 |
Okanagan-Colville Dye, Yellow Stem and root inner bark used as bright yellow dye for basket materials, wool and porcupine quills. 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 85 |
| Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. Hollyleaved Barberry USDA MAAQ2 |
Yurok Dye, Yellow Root used to dye porcupine quills yellow. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 38 |
| Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don Oregongrape USDA MARE11 |
Karok Dye, Yellow Root used to dye porcupine quills yellow. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 38 |
| Mammillaria sp. Cactus |
Tewa Food, Unspecified Spines burned off and the entire plant eaten raw. Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 62 |
| Matricaria discoidea DC. Disc Mayweed USDA MADI6 |
Cheyenne Drug, Dermatological Aid Dried, pulverized flowers, leaves, sweet grass, horse mint and sweet pine used as a perfume. Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 189 |
| Mimulus tilingii var. caespitosus (Greene) A.L. Grant Subalpine Monkeyflower USDA MITIC |
Neeshenam Food, Vegetable Leaves eaten as greens. Powers, Stephen, 1874, Aboriginal Botany, Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 5:373-9., page 377 |
| Monarda fistulosa ssp. fistulosa var. menthifolia (Graham) Fern. Mintleaf Beebalm USDA MOFIM2 |
Cheyenne Other, Incense & Fragrance Dried leaves and pine needles burned over coal for a fragrance. Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 186 |
| Monotropa hypopithys L. Pinesap USDA MOHY3 |
Kwakiutl Drug, Love Medicine Plant used in a love potion. Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 283 |
| Muhlenbergia dubia Fourn. ex Hemsl. Pine Muhly USDA MUDU |
Navajo Drug, Veterinary Aid Compound poultice with roots applied to make sheep's blood cake. Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 153 |
| Neomammillaria sp. Fishhook Cactus |
Navajo Food, Unspecified Spines removed and used for food. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 64 |
| Oplopanax horridus Miq. Devilsclub USDA OPHO |
Kwakiutl Drug, Poison Spines considered poisonous. Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 278 |
| Oplopanax horridus Miq. Devilsclub USDA OPHO |
Thompson Drug, Dietary Aid Infusion of sticks, with the spines and outer bark removed, taken to cease weight loss. The infusion was taken in doses of about one half cup before meals, to replace milk and other beverages. It was noted that if the infusion was taken for too great a period of time, one could gain too much weight. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 164 |
| Oplopanax horridus Miq. Devilsclub USDA OPHO |
Thompson Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy Infusion of sticks, with the spines and outer bark removed, taken for influenza and other illnesses. The infusion was taken in doses of about one half cup before meals, to replace milk and other beverages. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 164 |
| Oplopanax horridus Miq. Devilsclub USDA OPHO |
Thompson Drug, Panacea Infusion of sticks, with the spines and outer bark removed, taken for everything. The infusion was taken in doses of about one half cup before meals, to replace milk and other beverages. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 164 |