Urticaceae Urtica dioica L.

Stinging Nettle

Okanagan-Colville - Other, Protection

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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Scientific name: Urtica dioica L.
USDA symbol: URDID (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Stinging Nettle
Family: Urticaceae
Family (APG): Urticaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Protection
Notes: Boiled plant used as a bath to combat witchcraft and a jinx by an evil person.

RECRD: 13030 id: 41726

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