Liliaceae Veratrum viride Ait.

American False Hellebore

Haisla and Hanaksiala - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine

Use documented by:
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 201

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Scientific name: Veratrum viride Ait.
USDA symbol: VEVI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: American False Hellebore
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Haisla and Hanaksiala
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Roots put on the ends of arrows by the shaman to shoot towards 'disease spirits.'

RECRD: 61205 id: 42680

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