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SQUAW ROOT [2 records]

Record 1 2019-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Orobanchaceae.

Key term(s)
  • squawroot
  • cancerroot

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Orobanchaceae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Berberidaceae.

OBS

blue cohosh: preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds (2003).

OBS

squaw-root: common name also used to refer to the species Conopholis americana.

Key term(s)
  • blue-cohosh
  • squaw root
  • papoose root
  • squawroot

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Berberidaceae.

OBS

caulophylle faux-pigamon : nom à privilégier selon l'Inventaire des mauvaises herbes du Canada (2003).

Spanish

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