Saxifragaceae Heuchera cylindrica Dougl. ex Hook.
Roundleaf Alumroot
Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Pediatric Aid
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 138
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Heuchera cylindrica Dougl. ex Hook.
Scientific name: Heuchera cylindrica Dougl. ex Hook.
USDA symbol: HECYC (
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Common names: Roundleaf Alumroot
Family: Saxifragaceae
Family (APG): Saxifragaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Pediatric Aid
Notes: Roots mixed with puffball spores and used as a salve for diaper rash.
RECRD: 13010 id: 17059