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Escobaria vivipara var. vivipara
Spinystar
USDA ESVIV 		Blackfoot Drug, Antidiarrheal
Fruit eaten in small amounts for diarrhea.
Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 67
Escobaria vivipara var. vivipara
Spinystar
USDA ESVIV 		Blackfoot Drug, Eye Medicine
Seed inserted into the eye to remove matter.
Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 81
Escobaria vivipara var. vivipara
Spinystar
USDA ESVIV 		Blackfoot Food, Candy
Fruit eaten as a confection.
Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 103
Escobaria vivipara var. vivipara
Spinystar
USDA ESVIV 		Blackfoot Food, Fruit
Fruits eaten for food.
Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 45
Escobaria vivipara var. vivipara
Spinystar
USDA ESVIV 		Blackfoot Other, Toys & Games
Plant used to play a joke on people by placing it under the covers.
Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 115
Escobaria vivipara var. vivipara
Spinystar
USDA ESVIV 		Cheyenne Food, Dried Food
Fruits dried, boiled and eaten.
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 16
Escobaria vivipara var. vivipara
Spinystar
USDA ESVIV 		Cheyenne Food, Fruit
Fruits boiled fresh and eaten.
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 16