Liliaceae Veratrum viride Ait.

American False Hellebore

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Cold Remedy

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 50

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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: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cold Remedy
Notes: Roots dried, powdered and used as a snuff to cause sneezing and clear the sinuses for colds.

RECRD: 12255 id: 42721

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