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Balsamorhiza hookeri (Hook.) Nutt.
Hooker's Balsamroot
USDA BAHOH3
Atsugewi Food, Bread & Cake
Parched, winnowed, ground seeds made into cakes and eaten without cooking.
Garth, Thomas R., 1953, Atsugewi Ethnography, Anthropological Records 14(2):140-141, page 139
Balsamorhiza hookeri (Hook.) Nutt.
Hooker's Balsamroot
USDA BAHOH3
Gosiute Food, Unspecified
Seeds used for food.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 363
Balsamorhiza hookeri (Hook.) Nutt.
Hooker's Balsamroot
USDA BAHOH3
Okanagan-Colville Food, Unspecified
Roots pit cooked and eaten.
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
Balsamorhiza hookeri (Hook.) Nutt.
Hooker's Balsamroot
USDA BAHOH3
Paiute, Northern Food, Unspecified
Roots used for food.
Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 43
Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hirsuta (Nutt.) A. Nels.
Hairy Balsamroot
USDA BAHOH
Paiute Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Decoction of root considered good for severe stomach.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 50
Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hirsuta (Nutt.) A. Nels.
Hairy Balsamroot
USDA BAHOH
Paiute Drug, Urinary Aid
Decoction of root considered good for bladder troubles.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 50
Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hirsuta (Nutt.) A. Nels.
Hairy Balsamroot
USDA BAHOH
Washo Drug, Gynecological Aid
Decoction of root taken for female complaints.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 50