Search for Lilium found 66 matches:

Lilium canadense L.
Canadian Lily; Liliaceae
Algonquin, Quebec Drug (Gastrointestinal Aid)
Root used for stomach disorders.
Black, Meredith Jean 1980 Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec. Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65 (p. 138)


Lilium canadense L.
Canadian Lily; Liliaceae
Cherokee Drug (Antidiarrheal)
Infusion of root given for "flux."
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 43)


Lilium canadense L.
Canadian Lily; Liliaceae
Cherokee Drug (Antirheumatic (Internal))
Infusion of root used in various ways for rheumatism.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 43)


Lilium canadense L.
Canadian Lily; Liliaceae
Cherokee Drug (Dietary Aid)
Decoction of boiled tubers given "to make child fleshy and fat."
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 43)


Lilium canadense L.
Canadian Lily; Liliaceae
Cherokee Drug (Pediatric Aid)
Decoction of boiled tubers given "to make child fleshy and fat."
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 43)


Lilium canadense L.
Canadian Lily; Liliaceae
Chippewa Drug (Snake Bite Remedy)
Decoction of root applied to snake bites.
Densmore, Frances 1928 Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379 (p. 352)


Lilium canadense L.
Canadian Lily; Liliaceae
Malecite Drug (Abortifacient)
Infusion of plant and sweet viburnum roots used for irregular menstruation.
Mechling, W.H. 1959 The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs. Anthropologica 8:239-263 (p. 258)


Lilium canadense L.
Canadian Lily; Liliaceae
Micmac Drug (Abortifacient)
Parts of plant used for irregular menstruation.
Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper 1979 Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68 (p. 58)


Lilium canadense L.
Canadian Lily; Liliaceae
Cherokee Food (Starvation Food)
Roots made into flour and used to make bread for famine times.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 43)


Lilium canadense L.
Canadian Lily; Liliaceae
Huron Food (Starvation Food)
Roots used with acorns during famine.
Aller, Wilma F. 1954 Aboriginal Food Utilization of Vegetation by the Indians of the Great Lake Region As Recorded in the Jesuit Relations. Wisconsin Archeologist 35:59-73 (p. 63)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Okanagan-Colville Drug (Witchcraft Medicine)
Bulbs dried, mashed with "stink bugs," powdered and used against "plhax," that is, witchcraft.
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 (p. 46)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Clallam Food (Unspecified)
Bulbs steamed in pits and used for food.
Fleisher, Mark S. 1980 The Ethnobotany of the Clallam Indians of Western Washington. Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 14(2):192-210 (p. 196)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Klallam Food (Unspecified)
Corms steamed and eaten.
Gunther, Erna 1973 Ethnobotany of Western Washington. Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition (p. 25)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Lummi Food (Unspecified)
Corms steamed and eaten.
Gunther, Erna 1973 Ethnobotany of Western Washington. Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition (p. 25)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Nitinaht Food (Unspecified)
Bulbs formerly steamed and eaten cold with oil.
Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie 1983 Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island. Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum (p. 85)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Okanagan-Colville Food (Bread & Cake)
Bulbs dried into cakes and stored for winter use.
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 (p. 46)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Okanagan-Colville Food (Spice)
Bulbs dried into cakes and used as seasoning in meat soups.
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 (p. 46)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Okanagan-Colville Food (Unspecified)
Bulbs eaten raw or boiled alone or with saskatoon berries.
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 (p. 46)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Okanagon Food (Staple)
Roots used as a principle food.
Teit, James A. 1928 The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus. SI-BAE Annual Report #45 (p. 238)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Okanagon Food (Unspecified)
Roots used as an important food.
Teit, James A. 1928 The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus. SI-BAE Annual Report #45 (p. 237)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Okanagon Food (Unspecified)
Roots used extensively for food.
Teit, James A. 1928 The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus. SI-BAE Annual Report #45 (p. 89)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Quileute Food (Unspecified)
Corms steamed and eaten.
Gunther, Erna 1973 Ethnobotany of Western Washington. Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition (p. 25)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Quinault Food (Unspecified)
Corms steamed and eaten.
Gunther, Erna 1973 Ethnobotany of Western Washington. Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition (p. 25)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Samish Food (Unspecified)
Corms steamed and eaten.
Gunther, Erna 1973 Ethnobotany of Western Washington. Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition (p. 25)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Shuswap Food (Unspecified)
Roots used extensively for food.
Teit, James A. 1928 The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus. SI-BAE Annual Report #45 (p. 89)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Shuswap Food (Unspecified)
Roasted roots used for food.
Palmer, Gary 1975 Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany. Syesis 8:29-51 (p. 54)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Skagit Food (Unspecified)
Corms steamed and eaten.
Gunther, Erna 1973 Ethnobotany of Western Washington. Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition (p. 25)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Skagit, Upper Food (Unspecified)
Bulbs baked or steamed in an earth oven and eaten.
Theodoratus, Robert J. 1989 Loss, Transfer, and Reintroduction in the Use of Wild Plant Foods in the Upper Skagit Valley. Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 23(1):35-52 (p. 40)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Skokomish Food (Unspecified)
Corms steamed and eaten.
Gunther, Erna 1973 Ethnobotany of Western Washington. Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition (p. 25)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Swinomish Food (Unspecified)
Corms steamed and eaten.
Gunther, Erna 1973 Ethnobotany of Western Washington. Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition (p. 25)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Thompson Food (Dried Food)
Pit cooked bulbs dried for future use and usually cooked with meat.
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. 126)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Thompson Food (Soup)
Bulbs used to make a soup like clam chowder.
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. 126)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Thompson Food (Spice)
Thick, scaly bulbs eaten mainly as a condiment or cooked with food to add a pepper like flavoring.
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. 126)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Thompson Food (Unspecified)
Roots used as an important food.
Teit, James A. 1928 The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus. SI-BAE Annual Report #45 (p. 237)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Thompson Food (Unspecified)
Roots used extensively for food.
Teit, James A. 1928 The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus. SI-BAE Annual Report #45 (p. 89)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Thompson Food (Unspecified)
Bulbs mixed with salmon roe and panther lily, boiled and eaten as a favorite dish.
Steedman, E.V. 1928 The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia. SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522 (p. 482)


Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker
Columbian Lily; Liliaceae
Thompson Food (Unspecified)
Thick, scaly bulbs mixed with salmon roe, boiled and eaten as a favorite dish.
Steedman, E.V. 1928 The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia. SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522 (p. 482)


Lilium occidentale Purdy
Eureka Lily; Liliaceae
Karok Food (Unspecified)
Bulbs baked in the earth oven and eaten.
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford 1952 Karok Ethnobotany. Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392 (p. 381)


Lilium pardalinum Kellogg
Leopard Lily; Liliaceae
Atsugewi Food (Unspecified)
Bulbs cooked in earth oven and used for food.
Garth, Thomas R. 1953 Atsugewi Ethnography. Anthropological Records 14(2):140-141 (p. 138)


Lilium pardalinum Kellogg
Leopard Lily; Liliaceae
Karok Food (Unspecified)
Bulbs baked in the earth oven and eaten.
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford 1952 Karok Ethnobotany. Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392 (p. 381)


Lilium pardalinum Kellogg
Leopard Lily; Liliaceae
Yana Food (Unspecified)
Roots steamed and eaten.
Sapir, Edward and Leslie Spier 1943 Notes on the Culture of the Yana. Anthropological Records 3(3):252-253 (p. 251)


Lilium parvum Kellogg
Sierran Tiger Lily; Liliaceae
Paiute Food (Unspecified)
Roots used for food.
Steward, Julian H. 1933 Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute. University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250 (p. 244)


Lilium philadelphicum L.
Wood Lily; Liliaceae
Algonquin, Quebec Drug (Gastrointestinal Aid)
Root used for stomach disorders.
Black, Meredith Jean 1980 Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec. Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65 (p. 138)


Lilium philadelphicum L.
Wood Lily; Liliaceae
Chippewa Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Poultice of boiled bulbs applied to wounds, contusions and dog bites.
Gilmore, Melvin R. 1933 Some Chippewa Uses of Plants. Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press (p. 125)


Lilium philadelphicum L.
Wood Lily; Liliaceae
Chippewa Drug (Witchcraft Medicine)
Poultice of bulbs applied to dog bites and caused dog's fangs to drop out.
Gilmore, Melvin R. 1933 Some Chippewa Uses of Plants. Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press (p. 125)


Lilium philadelphicum L.
Wood Lily; Liliaceae
Iroquois Drug (Gynecological Aid)
Decoction of whole plant taken "to bring away placenta after childbirth."
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 282)


Lilium philadelphicum L.
Wood Lily; Liliaceae
Iroquois Drug (Love Medicine)
"Dry plants in sun, if twists together, wife is unfaithful; determines love."
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 282)


Lilium philadelphicum L.
Wood Lily; Liliaceae
Iroquois Drug (Love Medicine)
Decoction of roots taken by wife as emetic and used as a wash "if husband is unfaithful."
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 282)


Lilium philadelphicum L.
Wood Lily; Liliaceae
Malecite Drug (Adjuvant)
Roots used to strengthen other medicines.
Mechling, W.H. 1959 The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs. Anthropologica 8:239-263 (p. 245)


Lilium philadelphicum L.
Wood Lily; Liliaceae
Malecite Drug (Cough Medicine)
Roots used with roots of blackberry and mountain raspberry, staghorn sumac for coughs.
Mechling, W.H. 1959 The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs. Anthropologica 8:239-263 (p. 251)


Lilium philadelphicum L.
Wood Lily; Liliaceae
Malecite Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Poultice of ground roots used for swellings and bruises.
Mechling, W.H. 1959 The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs. Anthropologica 8:239-263 (p. 245)


Lilium philadelphicum L.
Wood Lily; Liliaceae
Malecite Drug (Febrifuge)
Roots used with roots of blackberry and mountain raspberry, staghorn sumac for fevers.
Mechling, W.H. 1959 The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs. Anthropologica 8:239-263 (p. 251)


Lilium philadelphicum L.
Wood Lily; Liliaceae
Malecite Drug (Tuberculosis Remedy)
Roots used with roots of blackberry and mountain raspberry, staghorn sumac for consumption.
Mechling, W.H. 1959 The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs. Anthropologica 8:239-263 (p. 251)


Lilium philadelphicum L.
Wood Lily; Liliaceae
Menominee Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Poultice of boiled, mashed root applied to sores.
Densmore, Francis 1932 Menominee Music. SI-BAE Bulletin #102 (p. 132)


Lilium philadelphicum L.
Wood Lily; Liliaceae
Micmac Drug (Cough Medicine)
Roots used for coughs.
Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper 1979 Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68 (p. 58)


Lilium philadelphicum L.
Wood Lily; Liliaceae
Micmac Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Roots used for swellings and bruises.
Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper 1979 Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68 (p. 58)


Lilium philadelphicum L.
Wood Lily; Liliaceae
Micmac Drug (Febrifuge)
Roots used for fever.
Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper 1979 Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68 (p. 58)


Lilium philadelphicum L.
Wood Lily; Liliaceae
Micmac Drug (Tuberculosis Remedy)
Roots used for consumption and fever.
Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper 1979 Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68 (p. 58)


Lilium philadelphicum L.
Wood Lily; Liliaceae
Blackfoot Food (Soup)
Bulbs eaten with soup.
Hellson, John C. 1974 Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians. Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series (p. 103)


Lilium philadelphicum L.
Wood Lily; Liliaceae
Blackfoot Food (Unspecified)
Bulbs eaten fresh.
Hellson, John C. 1974 Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians. Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series (p. 103)


Lilium philadelphicum L.
Wood Lily; Liliaceae
Meskwaki Food (Vegetable)
Straight roots gathered for potatoes.
Smith, Huron H. 1928 Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326 (p. 262)


Lilium philadelphicum var. andinum (Nutt.) Ker-Gawl.
Wood Lily; Liliaceae
Dakota Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Pulverized or chewed flowers applied as antidote for spider bites.
Gilmore, Melvin R. 1919 Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region. SI-BAE Annual Report #33 (p. 71)


Lilium philadelphicum var. andinum (Nutt.) Ker-Gawl.
Wood Lily; Liliaceae
Cree, Woodlands Food (Snack Food)
Bulb segments eaten dried as a nibble.
Leighton, Anna L. 1985 Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan. Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series (p. 43)


Lilium philadelphicum var. andinum (Nutt.) Ker-Gawl.
Wood Lily; Liliaceae
Cree, Woodlands Food (Unspecified)
Bulb segments eaten fresh.
Leighton, Anna L. 1985 Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan. Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series (p. 43)


Lilium philadelphicum var. andinum (Nutt.) Ker-Gawl.
Wood Lily; Liliaceae
Cree, Woodlands Food (Unspecified)
Seeds and underground bulbs used for food.
Leighton, Anna L. 1985 Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan. Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series (p. 43)


Lilium rubescens S. Wats.
Redwood Lily; Liliaceae
Karok Other (Decorations)
Used for bouquets.
Baker, Marc A. 1981 The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California. Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis (p. 34)