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Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt.
Arrowleaf Balsamroot
USDA BASA3
Thompson Food, Unspecified
Roots used as an important food.
Teit, James A., 1928, The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus, SI-BAE Annual Report #45, page 237
Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt.
Arrowleaf Balsamroot
USDA BASA3
Thompson Food, Unspecified
Stalks soaked in water, peeled and eaten raw.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 484
Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt.
Arrowleaf Balsamroot
USDA BASA3
Thompson Food, Unspecified
Young leafstalks, leaves, young budstems and fruits used for food.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 175
Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt.
Arrowleaf Balsamroot
USDA BASA3
Thompson Food, Unspecified
Young plants used for food.
Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 36
Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt.
Arrowleaf Balsamroot
USDA BASA3
Thompson Food, Unspecified
Young shoots chewed while eating fish.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 175
Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt.
Arrowleaf Balsamroot
USDA BASA3
Thompson Food, Unspecified
Young stems eaten as a favorite food.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 484
Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt.
Arrowleaf Balsamroot
USDA BASA3
Thompson Other, Cash Crop
Roots strung on long strings and used in trading.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 175
Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt.
Arrowleaf Balsamroot
USDA BASA3
Ute Food, Unspecified
Young shoots, leaves and roots used for food.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1909, Some Plant Names of the Ute Indians, American Anthropologist 11:27-40, page 32
Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt.
Arrowleaf Balsamroot
USDA BASA3
Washo Drug, Disinfectant
Root burned as a fumigant in the sickroom.
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, 51