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Sxàmeléxwthelh

"Bitter on the tongue"

Tiger Lily

Lilium columbianum

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Indigenous

 

Food and Medicinal Uses:

Bulbs were steamed in pits or boiled before eating, or dried and stored.

 

 

CAUTION: Many lilies look similar before flowering and some species are poisonous.

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