Liliaceae Fritillaria camschatcensis (L.) Ker-Gawl.
Kamchatka Missionbells
Kwakiutl, Southern - Food, Dried Food
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 273
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Fritillaria camschatcensis (L.) Ker-Gawl.
Scientific name: Fritillaria camschatcensis (L.) Ker-Gawl.
USDA symbol: FRCA5 (
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Common names: Kamchatka Missionbells
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl, Southern
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Dried Food
Notes: Bulbs sun dried, steamed, covered with oil and eaten at feasts.
RECRD: 46908 id: 15366