Liliaceae Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily
Okanagan-Colville - Food, Bread & Cake
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 46
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Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Scientific name: Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
USDA symbol: LICO (
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Common names: Columbian Lily
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Bread & Cake
Notes: Bulbs dried into cakes and stored for winter use.
RECRD: 12244 id: 20267