Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.
Common names: Breadroot Scurfpea
Species details (USDA):
USDA PEES
Documented uses
53 uses documented
Blackfoot
Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
detail...
(Hellson, John C.,
1974,
Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 80)
Blackfoot
Drug, Ear Medicine
detail...
(Hellson, John C.,
1974,
Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 82)
Blackfoot
Drug, Eye Medicine
detail...
(Hellson, John C.,
1974,
Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 82)
Blackfoot
Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
detail...
(Hellson, John C.,
1974,
Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 68)
Blackfoot
Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
detail...
(Hellson, John C.,
1974,
Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 68)
Blackfoot
Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
detail...
(Johnston, Alex,
1987,
Plants and the Blackfoot,
Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society,
pages 41)
Blackfoot
Drug, Orthopedic Aid
detail...
(Hellson, John C.,
1974,
Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 80)
Blackfoot
Drug, Pediatric Aid
detail...
(Hellson, John C.,
1974,
Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 68)
Blackfoot
Drug, Pulmonary Aid
detail...
(Hellson, John C.,
1974,
Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 73)
Blackfoot
Drug, Throat Aid
detail...
(Hellson, John C.,
1974,
Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 68)
Blackfoot
Drug, Throat Aid
detail...
(Hellson, John C.,
1974,
Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 73)
Blackfoot
Drug, Toothache Remedy
detail...
(Johnston, Alex,
1987,
Plants and the Blackfoot,
Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society,
pages 41)
Blackfoot
Drug, Unspecified
detail...
(Hellson, John C.,
1974,
Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 119)
Blackfoot
Food, Dried Food
detail...
(Hellson, John C.,
1974,
Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 104)
Blackfoot
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Hellson, John C.,
1974,
Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 104)
Blackfoot
Other, Decorations
detail...
(Hellson, John C.,
1974,
Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 119)
Cheyenne
Drug, Antidiarrheal
detail...
(Hart, Jeffrey A.,
1981,
The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55,
pages 29)
Cheyenne
Drug, Burn Dressing
detail...
(Hart, Jeffrey A.,
1981,
The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55,
pages 29)
Cheyenne
Drug, Unspecified
detail...
(Hart, Jeffrey A.,
1981,
The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55,
pages 29)
Cheyenne
Food, Cooking Agent
detail...
(Hart, Jeffrey A.,
1981,
The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55,
pages 29)
Cheyenne
Food, Dried Food
detail...
(Hart, Jeffrey A.,
1981,
The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55,
pages 30)
Cheyenne
Food, Dried Food
detail...
(Hart, Jeffrey A.,
1981,
The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55,
pages 29)
Cheyenne
Food, Pie & Pudding
detail...
(Hart, Jeffrey A.,
1981,
The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55,
pages 29)
Cheyenne
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Hart, Jeffrey A.,
1981,
The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55,
pages 30)
Cheyenne
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Hart, Jeffrey A.,
1981,
The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55,
pages 29)
Cheyenne
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Hart, Jeffrey A.,
1981,
The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55,
pages 45)
Dakota
Food, Dried Food
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1919,
Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region,
SI-BAE Annual Report #33,
pages 92)
Dakota
Food, Dried Food
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1913,
Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota,
Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70,
pages 365)
Dakota
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1919,
Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region,
SI-BAE Annual Report #33,
pages 92)
Dakota
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1913,
Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota,
Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70,
pages 365)
Lakota
Food, Dried Food
detail...
(Kraft, Shelly Katheren,
1990,
Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation,
University of North Dakota, M.A. Thesis,
pages 41)
Lakota
Food, Soup
detail...
(Kraft, Shelly Katheren,
1990,
Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation,
University of North Dakota, M.A. Thesis,
pages 41)
Lakota
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Kraft, Shelly Katheren,
1990,
Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation,
University of North Dakota, M.A. Thesis,
pages 41)
Montana Indian
Food, Bread & Cake
detail...
(Hart, Jeff,
1992,
Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples,
Helena. Montana Historical Society Press,
pages 61)
Montana Indian
Food, Cooking Agent
detail...
(Hart, Jeff,
1992,
Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples,
Helena. Montana Historical Society Press,
pages 61)
Montana Indian
Food, Dried Food
detail...
(Hart, Jeff,
1992,
Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples,
Helena. Montana Historical Society Press,
pages 61)
Montana Indian
Food, Porridge
detail...
(Hart, Jeff,
1992,
Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples,
Helena. Montana Historical Society Press,
pages 61)
Montana Indian
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Hart, Jeff,
1992,
Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples,
Helena. Montana Historical Society Press,
pages 61)
Montana Indian
Food, Vegetable
detail...
(Blankinship, J. W.,
1905,
Native Economic Plants of Montana,
Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56,
pages 20)
Montana Indian
Food, Winter Use Food
detail...
(Blankinship, J. W.,
1905,
Native Economic Plants of Montana,
Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56,
pages 20)
Omaha
Food, Dried Food
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1919,
Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region,
SI-BAE Annual Report #33,
pages 92)
Omaha
Food, Dried Food
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1913,
A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians,
Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57.,
pages 325)
Omaha
Food, Soup
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1913,
A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians,
Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57.,
pages 325)
Omaha
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1919,
Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region,
SI-BAE Annual Report #33,
pages 92)
Omaha
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1913,
A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians,
Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57.,
pages 325)
Pawnee
Food, Dried Food
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1919,
Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region,
SI-BAE Annual Report #33,
pages 92)
Pawnee
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1919,
Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region,
SI-BAE Annual Report #33,
pages 92)
Ponca
Food, Dried Food
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1919,
Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region,
SI-BAE Annual Report #33,
pages 92)
Ponca
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1919,
Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region,
SI-BAE Annual Report #33,
pages 92)
Sioux
Food, Soup
detail...
(Murphey, Edith Van Allen,
1990,
Indian Uses of Native Plants,
Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959,
pages 13)
Sioux
Food, Winter Use Food
detail...
(Murphey, Edith Van Allen,
1990,
Indian Uses of Native Plants,
Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959,
pages 13)
Winnebago
Food, Dried Food
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1919,
Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region,
SI-BAE Annual Report #33,
pages 92)
Winnebago
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1919,
Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region,
SI-BAE Annual Report #33,
pages 92)