Apiaceae Lomatium ambiguum (Nutt.) Coult. & Rose

Wyeth Biscuitroot

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Throat 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 70

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Scientific name: Lomatium ambiguum (Nutt.) Coult. & Rose
USDA symbol: LOAM (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Wyeth Biscuitroot
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Throat Aid
Notes: Infusion of flowers and upper leaves taken for sore throats.

RECRD: 12368 id: 20722

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