Urticaceae Urtica dioica L.
Stinging Nettle
Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
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 140
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Urtica dioica L.
Scientific name: Urtica dioica L.
USDA symbol: URDID (
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Common names: Stinging Nettle
Family: Urticaceae
Family (APG): Urticaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antirheumatic (External)
Notes: Fresh plants used to beat the skin after 'sweathousing' and for rheumatic and arthritic pain.
RECRD: 13029 id: 41723