Rosaceae Potentilla gracilis Dougl. ex Hook.

Northwest Cinquefoil

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal)

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 127

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Scientific name: Potentilla gracilis Dougl. ex Hook.
USDA symbol: POGRG3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Northwest Cinquefoil
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antirheumatic (Internal)
Notes: Infusion of pounded roots taken as a general tonic for aches.

RECRD: 12854 id: 29838

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