Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf.
Common names: Pricklypear
Species details (USDA):
USDA OPHUH
Documented uses
20 uses documented
Dakota
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1919,
Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region,
SI-BAE Annual Report #33,
pages 104)
Dakota
Dye, Mordant
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1919,
Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region,
SI-BAE Annual Report #33,
pages 104)
Dakota
Food, Dried Food
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1913,
Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota,
Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70,
pages 366)
Dakota
Food, Dried Food
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1919,
Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region,
SI-BAE Annual Report #33,
pages 104)
Dakota
Food, Fruit
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1913,
Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota,
Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70,
pages 366)
Dakota
Food, Fruit
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1919,
Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region,
SI-BAE Annual Report #33,
pages 104)
Dakota
Food, Starvation Food
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1913,
Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota,
Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70,
pages 366)
Dakota
Food, Starvation Food
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1919,
Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region,
SI-BAE Annual Report #33,
pages 104)
Dakota
Other, Toys & Games
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1919,
Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region,
SI-BAE Annual Report #33,
pages 104)
Lakota
Drug, Snake Bite Remedy
detail...
(Kraft, Shelly Katheren,
1990,
Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation,
University of North Dakota, M.A. Thesis,
pages 32)
Lakota
Food, Beverage
detail...
(Kraft, Shelly Katheren,
1990,
Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation,
University of North Dakota, M.A. Thesis,
pages 32)
Lakota
Food, Dried Food
detail...
(Kraft, Shelly Katheren,
1990,
Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation,
University of North Dakota, M.A. Thesis,
pages 32)
Lakota
Food, Fruit
detail...
(Kraft, Shelly Katheren,
1990,
Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation,
University of North Dakota, M.A. Thesis,
pages 32)
Lakota
Food, Fruit
detail...
(Kraft, Shelly Katheren,
1990,
Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation,
University of North Dakota, M.A. Thesis,
pages 32)
Nanticoke
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Tantaquidgeon, Gladys,
1942,
A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs,
Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission,
pages 56, 84)
Pawnee
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1919,
Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region,
SI-BAE Annual Report #33,
pages 104)
Pawnee
Dye, Mordant
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1919,
Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region,
SI-BAE Annual Report #33,
pages 104)
Pawnee
Food, Dried Food
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1919,
Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region,
SI-BAE Annual Report #33,
pages 104)
Pawnee
Food, Fruit
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1919,
Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region,
SI-BAE Annual Report #33,
pages 104)
Pawnee
Food, Starvation Food
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1919,
Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region,
SI-BAE Annual Report #33,
pages 104)