Liliaceae Veratrum viride Ait.
American False Hellebore
Kwakiutl - Drug, Orthopedic Aid
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 273
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Veratrum viride Ait.
Scientific name: Veratrum viride Ait.
USDA symbol: VEVI (
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Common names: American False Hellebore
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Orthopedic Aid
Notes: Roots and oil rubbed on bloody back for back pains.
RECRD: 96908 id: 42713