DCHP-3

balsam root

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the Oregon sunflower, Balsamorrhiza sagittata, the roots of which were an important source of food for the Indians in the West.

Quotations

1925
Balsam-Root . . . This root is also quite sweet when cooked. . . .
1950
The balsam root had many uses among the natives.
1952
The most typical montane landscape . . . is a scattered parklike stand of ponderosa pine amidst a steppe vegetation of bunch grass . . . balsam root. . . .