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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Scientific name: Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
USDA symbol: CLBO3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
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