Details

Latin name:

Umbilicaria muehlenbergii (Ach.) Tuck. Syn.: Actinogyra muehlenbergii (Ach.) Schol.

Botanical family:

Umbilicariaceae

Growth habit:

Lichen

Vernacular name(s):

rock tripe (Eng.)
thets'ín. (Chipewyan)
asiniwahkona, wakoonak, asiniwakon (Cree)
kwechi (Dene)

Uses:

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Chewed or dried, powdered, and boiled to make asyrup taken against tapeworms [Dene: 13; Chipewyan: 92]. Decoction used in stomachache [Cree: 13]. Soup eaten as a tonic and for breathing problems [Dene: 101].