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Castilleja hispida Benth.
Harsh Indian Paintbrush
USDA CAHIH2 		Nitinaht Food, Candy
Sweet nectar sucked by children.
Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 127
Castilleja hispida Benth.
Harsh Indian Paintbrush
USDA CAHIH2 		Nitinaht Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Bright flowers covered with snail slime and used to trap hummingbirds.
Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 127
Castilleja hispida Benth.
Harsh Indian Paintbrush
USDA CAHIH2 		Okanagan-Colville Drug, Dermatological Aid
Plant pounded up and put into moccasins for 'sweaty feet.'
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 138