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Indigenous Plants & Native Uses in the Northeast

WATER LILIES WATER LILIES
(Yellow - Nuphar advena / White - Nymphaea alba)
AMERICAN WHITE WATER LILLY

YELLOW POND LILLY

Food: The roots of the Yellow pond lily were consumed.

Medicine: The roots of the White pond lily were used in a Chippewa medicine for a sore mouth.

Technology: The smoke from the rootstock is believed to repel crickets.


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