Ranunculaceae Aquilegia caerulea James
Colorado Blue Columbine
Gosiute - Drug, Panacea
Use documented by:
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 362
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Aquilegia caerulea James
Scientific name: Aquilegia caerulea James
USDA symbol: AQCAC2 (
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Common names: Colorado Blue Columbine
Family: Ranunculaceae
Family (APG): Ranunculaceae
Native American Tribe: Gosiute
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Panacea
Notes: Seed chewed or infusion of roots used when 'sick all over.'
RECRD: 81508 id: 3891