Bitterroot
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Bitterroot is a small perennial herb in the family Montiaceae. Its specific epithet rediviva refers to its ability to regenerate from dry and seemingly dead roots.
Lewisia rediviva 9789
Bitterroot flower
L. rediviva var. rediviva, Glass Mountain, Owens Valley, California
Before flowering
Amelanchier alnifolia
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Amelanchier alnifolia, the saskatoon berry, Pacific serviceberry, western serviceberry, western shadbush, or western juneberry, is a shrub native to North America. It is a member of the rose family, a
Bitterroot
…being able to stop a bear attack. Plains Indians peeled and boiled the root prior to its consumption. Nlaka'pamux traditional knowledge holds that when saskatoonberry, chokecherry, and arrowleaf balsamroot start blooming, bitterroot is ready to be dug up and harvested. Meriwether Lewis ate bitterroot in 1805 and 1806…
Amelanchier alnifolia var. semiintegrifolia 4
Close-up of A. a. var. semiintegrifolia flower
Unripe fruit
Ripe fruit