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Veratrum californicum var. californicum
California False Hellebore
USDA VECAC2
Blackfoot Drug, Analgesic
Small piece of root snuffed up nose for headache.
McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 275
Veratrum californicum var. californicum
California False Hellebore
USDA VECAC2
Blackfoot Drug, Poison
Root poisonous to eat.
McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 275
Veratrum californicum var. californicum
California False Hellebore
USDA VECAC2
Blackfoot Other, Snuff
Pounded, dry root used for snuff.
Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 62