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Comarum palustre

Chukchi: нотачай (notachay)
Central Alaskan Yup’ik: pingayunlegen (Hooper Bay, Chevak)
Russian: сабельник (sabel’nik)
English: marsh five-finger

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Comarum palustre
Photo by Kevin Jernigan

 

Chukchi:
Chukchi people used to make an infusion out of the leaves as a substitute for tea.  The name notachay means wild tea.

Чукчи заваривали листья этого растения как заменитель чая. Название нотачай по-чукотски означает «дикий чай».

Central Alaskan Yup’ik:
People used to harvest the flowers in the villages of Hooper Bay and Chevak and make a tea-like beverage.  Only a few elders remember this practice now.