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Polygonum bistortoides Pursh
American Bistort
USDA POBI6
Blackfoot Food, Soup
Roots used in soups and stews.
Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 33
Polygonum bistortoides Pursh
American Bistort
USDA POBI6
Blackfoot Food, Soup
Roots used in soups and stews.
McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 278
Polygonum bistortoides Pursh
American Bistort
USDA POBI6
Cheyenne Food, Unspecified
Fresh roots boiled with meat.
Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 173
Polygonum bistortoides Pursh
American Bistort
USDA POBI6
Cheyenne Food, Unspecified
Roots formerly used for food.
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 32
Polygonum bistortoides Pursh
American Bistort
USDA POBI6
Cheyenne Food, Unspecified
Species used for food.
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 46
Polygonum bistortoides Pursh
American Bistort
USDA POBI6
Miwok Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of root used on sores and boils.
Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 172