Asteraceae Balsamorhiza hookeri (Hook.) Nutt.

Hooker's Balsamroot

Okanagan-Colville - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 80

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Scientific name: Balsamorhiza hookeri (Hook.) Nutt.
USDA symbol: BAHOH3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Hooker's Balsamroot
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Roots pit cooked and eaten.

RECRD: 12462 id: 6838

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