Garrya elliptica

Garrya elliptica Douglas ex Lindl. Garryaceae. Coast silk tassel. Evergreen shrub. Distribution: California and southern Oregon. Named for Nicholas Garry, Secretary of the Hudson Bay Company (1820-1830) who assisted David Douglas in his exploration of the Pacific Northwest (Stearn, 1992). Used by Po...

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Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Countryside
Garden
Herbal remedies
Petal
Poison
Flowers
Plants
Medicinal
Nature
Herbal Medicine
Plant Preparations
Plant Leaves
Toxic
Garry
Hudson
Hudson Bay
Pacific
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Summary:Garrya elliptica Douglas ex Lindl. Garryaceae. Coast silk tassel. Evergreen shrub. Distribution: California and southern Oregon. Named for Nicholas Garry, Secretary of the Hudson Bay Company (1820-1830) who assisted David Douglas in his exploration of the Pacific Northwest (Stearn, 1992). Used by Pomo and Kashaya as an abortifacient and to induce menstruation (Moerman, 1998). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.

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