Most of our native plants have been used traditionally for food and medicine. Today, knowledge of which parts of specific plants may be used is becoming popular once again. Below, we have identified a number of plants we grow that have traditional uses.
Please be advised that we are in no way endorsing these plants for edible and medicinal use but simply providing information that these plants have traditionally been used by knowledgeable people.
Blackfoot Native Plants Edible Plants available in 2013:
Fireweed
- Arrowleaf Balsamroot (Balsamhoriza sagittata)
- Bitterroot (Lewisia rediviva)
- Blue Elderberry (Sambucus cerulea)
- Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium montanum)
- Blue Flax (Linum lewisii)
- Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
- Creeping Oregon Grape (Mahonia repens)
- Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium)
- Golden Currant (Ribes aureum)
- Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum)
- Plains Prickly Pear (Opuntia polyacantha)
Wood Strawberry
- Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia)
- Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)
- Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
- Wood Strawberry (Fragaria vesca)
- Woods’ Rose (Rosa woodsii)
Blackfoot Native Plants Medicinal Plants available in 2013:
Creeping Oregon Grape Berries
- Arrowleaf Balsamroot (Balsamhoriza sagittata)
- Bitterroot (Lewisia rediviva)
- Black Cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa)
- Blue Elderberry (Sambucus cerulea)
- Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium montanum)
- Blue Flax (Linum lewisii)
- Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
- Creeping Oregon Grape (Mahonia repens)
- Early Blue Violet (Viola adunca)
Heart-leaf Arnica
- Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium
- Goldenrod (Solidago species)
- Heart-leaf Arnica (Arnica cordifolia)
- Lewis’ Monkeyflower (Mimulus lewisii)
- Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum)
- Oregon Sunshine (Eriophyllum lanatum)
- Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla patens)
- Plains Prickly Pear (Opuntia polyacantha)
Wild Bergamot
- Rocky Mountain Juniper (Juniperus scopulorum)
- Round-leaf Alumroot (Heuchera cylindrica)
- Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia)
- Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)
- Sweetgrass (Hierochloe odorata)
- Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)
- Western Alder (Alnus incana)
- Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
- Wild Geranium (Geranium viscosissimum)
Yarrow
