University of Michigan at Dearborn Native American Ethnobotany Database
(database accessed August 2005)

 Calypso
2 entries


Calypso bulbosa (L.) Oakes
Fairyslipper Orchid; Orchidaceae
Thompson Drug (Anticonvulsive)
Bulbs chewed or flowers sucked for mild epilepsy.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al. 1990 Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia. Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum (p. 135)


Calypso bulbosa var. americana (R. Br. ex Ait. f.) Luer
Fairyslipper Orchid; Orchidaceae
Thompson Drug (Unspecified)
Plants used as charms for unspecified purpose.
Steedman, E.V. 1928 The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia. SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522 (p. 506)



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