Liliaceae Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily
Menominee - Drug, Antidote
Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 40, 41
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Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Scientific name: Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
USDA symbol: CLBO3 (
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Common names: Yellow Bluebeadlily
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antidote
Notes: Plant put on bite of dog which has eaten plant, to draw out the poison.
RECRD: 84248 id: 10402