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Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata
Needleandthread
USDA HECOC8 		Blackfoot Other, Season Indicator
Spread out appearance of grass indicated the best condition for hunting buffalo cows in the fall.
Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 22
Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata
Needleandthread
USDA HECOC8 		Navajo, Ramah Other, Toys & Games
Sharp pointed fruits with long awns used as play arrows by adults and children.
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 17
Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata
Needleandthread
USDA HECOC8 		Okanagan-Colville Other, Toys & Games
Seeds thrown like darts by playing children.
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 57