Liliaceae Calochortus gunnisonii S. Wats.

Gunnison's Mariposa Lily

Cheyenne - Drug, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 12

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Scientific name: Calochortus gunnisonii S. Wats.
USDA symbol: CAGUG (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Gunnison's Mariposa Lily
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Cheyenne
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Dried, chopped bulbs used as an ingredient for a medicinal mixture.

RECRD: 83293 id: 7713

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