Asteraceae Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt.

Arrowleaf 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 sagittata (Pursh) Nutt.
USDA symbol: BASA3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Arrowleaf Balsamroot
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Flower bud stems peeled and succulent inner portion eaten raw or boiled.

RECRD: 12465 id: 6900

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