Rosaceae Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC.

Antelope Bitterbrush

Okanagan-Colville - Other, Fuel

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 128

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Scientific name: Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC.
USDA symbol: PUTR2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Antelope Bitterbrush
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Fuel
Notes: Branches used to make the initial fire for pit cooking.

RECRD: 12877 id: 31693

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