| Hedysarum boreale Nutt. Northern Sweetvetch USDA HEBOB2 |
Eskimo, Arctic Food, Forage Roots eaten by the brown bears, meadow mice and lemmings. Porsild, A.E., 1937, Edible Roots and Berries of Northern Canada, Canada Department of Mines and Resources, National Museum of Canada, page 1 |
| Hedysarum boreale Nutt. Northern Sweetvetch USDA HEBOB2 |
Eskimo, Arctic Food, Vegetable Roots located in mice 'caches' by dogs and eaten. Porsild, A.E., 1937, Edible Roots and Berries of Northern Canada, Canada Department of Mines and Resources, National Museum of Canada, page 1 |
| Hedysarum boreale ssp. mackenziei (Richards.) Welsh Mackenzie's Sweetvetch USDA HEBOM |
Alaska Native Drug, Poison Plant considered poisonous. Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 155 |
| Hedysarum boreale ssp. mackenziei (Richards.) Welsh Mackenzie's Sweetvetch USDA HEBOM |
Eskimo, Inupiat Drug, Poison Roots considered poisonous. Jones, Anore, 1983, Nauriat Niginaqtuat = Plants That We Eat, Kotzebue, Alaska. Maniilaq Association Traditional Nutrition Program, page 142 |
| Hedysarum boreale ssp. mackenziei (Richards.) Welsh Mackenzie's Sweetvetch USDA HEBOM |
Tanana, Upper Drug, Poison Plant considered poisonous. Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 14 |
| Hedysarum boreale ssp. mackenziei (Richards.) Welsh Mackenzie's Sweetvetch USDA HEBOM |
Tanana, Upper Food, Unspecified Roots eaten fresh and boiled. McKennan, Robert A., 1959, The Upper Tanana Indians, Yale University Publications in Anthropology, No. 55, page 36 |
| Hedysarum boreale ssp. mackenziei (Richards.) Welsh Mackenzie's Sweetvetch USDA HEBOM |
Tanana, Upper Food, Unspecified Roots used for food. Guedon, Marie-Francoise, 1974, People Of Tetlin, Why Are You Singing?, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 9, page 28 |
| Hedysarum boreale ssp. mackenziei (Richards.) Welsh Mackenzie's Sweetvetch USDA HEBOM |
Tanana, Upper Food, Winter Use Food Fresh roots stored underground in brush lined caches for future use. McKennan, Robert A., 1959, The Upper Tanana Indians, Yale University Publications in Anthropology, No. 55, page 36 |
| Hedysarum boreale ssp. mackenziei (Richards.) Welsh Mackenzie's Sweetvetch USDA HEBOM |
Ute Drug, Unspecified Roots used as medicine. Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1909, Some Plant Names of the Ute Indians, American Anthropologist 11:27-40, page 35 |