Ethnobotany Gardens

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Achillea millefolium

• Common name: Yarrow
• Blackfeet:  Aohtoksoo'ki 

Allium cernuum

• Common name: Nodding Onion

Antennaria microphylla

• Common name: Pussy Toes

Aquilegia flavescens

• Common name: Columbine

Actostaphylos uva-ursi

• Common Name: Kinnick Kinnick

Arnia sororia

• Common name: Twin Prairie Arnica

Artemisia frigida

• Common name: Fringed Sage

Artemisia ludoviciana

• Common name: White Sage

Artemisia tridentata

• Common name: Sagebrush
• Salish name: Pupunelp 

Asclespias speciosa

• Common name: Common Milkweed
• Crow name: Chéetisbaxupe 

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Balamorhiza sagittata

• Common name: Arrowlead Balsamroot

Bouteloua gracilis

• Common name: Blue Grama

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Cammasia quamash

• Common name: Small Camas

Campanula rotundifolia

• Common name: Blue Harebells

Carex garberi Fernald

• Common name: Elk Sedge

Cerastium arvense

• Common name: Spring Chickweed

Cornus stolonifera

• Common name: Red Osier Dogwood

Coryphantha vivipara

• Common name: Cushion cactus

Crataegus douglasii

• Common name: Hawthorn

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Dalea purpure

• Common name:

Dasiphora fruticosa

• Common name: Shrubby cinquefoil

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Echinaceae angustifolia

• Common name: Purple Coneflower

Epilobium angustifolium

• Common name: Fireweed

Ericameria nauseosa

• Common name: Rubber Rabbitbrush

Erigeron purpuratus

• Common name: Purple Fleabane

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Festuca idahoensis

• Common name: Idaho Fescue

Fragaria virginiana

• Common name: Wild Strawberry

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Gaillardia aristate

• Common name: Blanketflower

Geum triflorum

• Common name: Prairie Smoke

Glycryrrhiza lepidota Pursh

• Common name: Wild Licorice

Grindelia squarrose

• Common name: Curlycup Gumweed

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Helianthus maximiliani

• Common name: Maximillian Sunflower
• Nakoda: (Wíwahja), A’aninin: (Niihccn’aancch)

Heterotheca villosa

• Common name: Hairy Golden Aster

Heuchera cylindrica

• Common name: Alum Root

Hierochloe odorata

• Common name: Sweetgrass
• Blackfeet name: Kakitsimo

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Iris missouriensis

• Common name: Rocky Mountain Iris

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Juniperus communis

• Common name: Common Juniper
• Sioux name: Wazi

Juniperus horizontalis

• Common name: Creeping Juniper

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Koeleria macrantha

• Common name: Junegrass

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Lewisia rediviva

• Common name: Bitterroot

Liatris punctata

• Common name: Dotted Blazing Star

Lomatium cous

• Common name: Biscuit root

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Mammilaria gracilis

• Common name: Thimble Cactus

Mentha arvensis

• Common name: Wild mint

Monarda fistulosa

• Common name: Wild Bergamot

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Oenothera cespisota

• Common name: Gumbo Lily

Opuntia polycantha

• Common name: Fragile Prickly Pear

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Penstemon eriantherus

Common name: Fuzzy Tongue Penstemon

Penstemon procerus

• Common name: Penstemon

Penstemon wilcoxii

• Common name: Wilcox Penstemon

Polemonium pulcherrimum

• Common name: Jacob's Ladder

Prunus virginiana

• Common name: Chokecherry

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Ratibida columnifera

• Common name: Prairie Coneflower

Ribes aureum

• Common name: Golden currant

Rosa woodsii 

• Common name: Wood's Rose 
• Salish name: Lukw useli

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 Salix geyereiana

• Common name: Geyer's willow

Shepherdia canadensis

• Common name: Buffaloberry
• Nakoda name: (Dagú sasá), A’aninin: (KyáakiØáábyinch)

Smilicina stellata

• Common name: Lily of the Valley

Solidago missouriensis

• Common name: Goldenrod

Stellaria media

• Common name: Chickweed

Stipa comata

• Common name: Needle and Thread Grass

Symphoricarpos albus

• Common name: Snowberry

Symphoricarpos occidentalis

• Common name: Western Snowberry

Symphyotrichum falacatum

• Common name: White Prairie Aster

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Thalictrum occidentale

• Common name: Western Meadowrue

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Yucca glauca

• Common name: Yucca