Aletris farinosa

Aletris farinosa

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2n =

Origin : area of origin

wild or cultivated

Uses summary

Uses

AGUE-ROOT. COLIC-ROOT. CROW-CORN. STAR GRASS. UNICORN-ROOT. North America. This plant, says Masters, is one of the most intense bitters known, but, according to Rafinesque, the Indians eat its bulbs.

Sturtevant, Notes on edible plants, 1919.

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