Apiaceae Lomatium dissectum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance
Fernleaf Buscuitroot
Sanpoil - Food, Special Food
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 66
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Lomatium dissectum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance
Scientific name: Lomatium dissectum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance
USDA symbol: LODID2 (
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Common names: Fernleaf Buscuitroot
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Sanpoil
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Special Food
Notes: Shoots mixed with balsamroot and featured in the 'first roots' ceremony.
RECRD: 12340 id: 20801