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Hedysarum alpinum L. [syn. H. alpinum var. americanum Michaux ex
Pursh]
FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or pea)
ENGLISH: hedysarum
USES/NOTES: Roots, eaten raw, boiled, or roasted, were an important
food source for Native Alaskans.
NATURAL RANGE: Northern U.S. and Canada
REFERENCES: Fernald 1950, Gleason 1968, Rollins 1940, Uphof 1968
Hedysarum boreale subsp. mackenzii (Richardson) S.L. Welsh [syn. H.
mackenzii Richardson]
FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or pea)
ENGLISH: liquorice root, sweet broom, sweet root
USES/NOTES: Sweet roots are edible.
NATURAL RANGE: Central U.S. to Alaska
REFERENCES: Fernald et al. 1958, Gibbons and Tucker 1979, Kirk 1970,
Northstrom and Welsh 1970, Uphof 1968
Hedysarum occidentale E. Greene
FAMILY: Fabaceae or Leguminosae subfam. Papilionoideae (bean or pea)
ENGLISH: liquorice root, sweetvetch
USES/NOTES: Sweet roots, eaten raw or roasted, taste like licorice.
NATURAL RANGE: Western North America
REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Kirk 1970, Rollins 1940
Helianthus annuus L.
FAMILY: Asteraceae or Compositae (aster, composite, or sunflower)
ENGLISH: common sunflower, sunflower
PORTUGUESE: girassol
SPANISH: acahual, chimalte, flor del sol, gigantón, girasol, maíz de
Texas, maíz meco, maravilla, mirabel, mirasol, papa de caña,
quisnaniquitonale, tornasol, xaricamata
USES/NOTES: Seed is an edible and medicinal oil source, among the most
commercially important vegetable oils. Seeds are eaten raw or
cooked, young seed sprouts are eaten in salads, and flowers are fed
to animals, grown for honey production, and are a dye source. Also
medicinal and ornamental.
NATURAL RANGE: Southern U.S. into Mexico, possibly first domesticaed in
the Gulf Coast region of Tabasco, Mexico, or the southern U.S.,
perhaps Arizona
REFERENCES: Bianchini and Corbetta 1976, Bourke et al. 1987, Espejo
Serna et al. n.d., Guia Rural n.d., Heiser 1976, Lentz et al. 2001,
Leung 1961, Mabberley 1987, Omawale 1973, OAS 1973, Rehm and Espig
1991, Sauer 1993, Usher 1974, Weiss 1971, Weiss 1983
Helianthus doronicoides Lam.
FAMILY: Asteraceae or Compositae (aster, composite, or sunflower)
ENGLISH: oblong-leaf sunflower
USES/NOTES: Tubers were eaten by Amerindians of the central U.S.
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