Apiaceae Osmorhiza longistylis (Torr.) DC.

Longstyle Sweetroot

Potawatomi - Food, Fodder

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 124

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Scientific name: Osmorhiza longistylis (Torr.) DC.
USDA symbol: OSLO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Longstyle Sweetroot
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fodder
Notes: Chopped roots added to oats or other seeds to fatten the ponies.

RECRD: 403 id: 24985

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