Primulaceae Dodecatheon pulchellum ssp. pulchellum

Darkthroat Shootingstar

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Eye Medicine

Use documented by:
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 117

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Scientific name: Dodecatheon pulchellum ssp. pulchellum
USDA symbol: DOPUP2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Darkthroat Shootingstar
Family: Primulaceae
Family (APG): Primulaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Eye Medicine
Notes: Infusion of roots used as a wash for sore eyes.

RECRD: 12769 id: 12647

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