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Lewisia pygmaea (Gray) B.L. Robins.
Pigmy Bitterroot
USDA LEPY2 		Blackfoot Food, Dried Food
Roots dried for future use.
Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 34
Lewisia pygmaea (Gray) B.L. Robins.
Pigmy Bitterroot
USDA LEPY2 		Thompson Drug, Psychological Aid
Some believed that eating the roots caused insanity.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 479
Lewisia pygmaea (Gray) B.L. Robins.
Pigmy Bitterroot
USDA LEPY2 		Thompson Food, Unspecified
Roots used for food.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 479
Lewisia pygmaea (Gray) B.L. Robins.
Pigmy Bitterroot
USDA LEPY2 		Thompson Other, Good Luck Charm
Plant used as a charm for good luck in gambling.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 507