Fabaceae Lupinus sulphureus Dougl. ex Hook.

Sulphur Lupine

Okanagan-Colville - Other, Season Indicator

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 105

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Scientific name: Lupinus sulphureus Dougl. ex Hook.
USDA symbol: LUSU5 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Sulphur Lupine
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Season Indicator
Notes: Blooms indicated that groundhogs were fat enough to eat.

RECRD: 12670 id: 21388

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