Alismataceae Sagittaria latifolia Willd.

Broadleaf Arrowhead

Meskwaki - Food, Forage

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 254

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Scientific name: Sagittaria latifolia Willd.
USDA symbol: SALA2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Broadleaf Arrowhead
Family: Alismataceae
Family (APG): Alismataceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Forage
Notes: Muskrats gathered these corms for winter store of food and found to save the trouble of digging.

RECRD: 1223 id: 35591

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