Liliaceae Fritillaria affinis var. affinis

Riceroot

Saanich - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 75

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Scientific name: Fritillaria affinis var. affinis
USDA symbol: FRAFA2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Riceroot
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Saanich
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Bulbs used for food.

RECRD: 47485 id: 15343

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