Ericaceae Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng.
Kinnikinnick
Salish, Coast - Other, Smoke Plant
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 82
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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng.
Scientific name: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng.
USDA symbol: ARUV (
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Common names: Kinnikinnick
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Salish, Coast
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Smoke Plant
Notes: Leaves dried and smoked or mixed with tobacco and smoked.
RECRD: 47558 id: 4647